Running from June 2025 to April 2026, this activity offers flexible, expert-led technical assistance to ASEAN Member States in response to specific national needs related to the protection and enforcement of geographical indications (GIs). It supports requests that do not require a dedicated standalone activity but are important to sustaining long-term convergence and harmonisation of GI practices across the region.

Running from June 2025 to April 2026, this multi-phase activity supports GI producers across ASEAN through a series of in-person workshops and awareness-raising events. The programme is designed to strengthen every stage of the GI value chain, from product identification and name protection to marketing and enforcement.

Taking place in Indonesia in July 2025, this regional workshop will bring together new and mid-level design examiners from ASEAN IP Offices to deepen their expertise in the examination of industrial designs. With the increasing influence of digital technology and artificial intelligence on design creation and protection, the workshop will cover key topics such as the representation of designs, public policy considerations, and the use of Locarno Classification.

SCOPE IPR will be organising a regional workshop in Malaysia in August 2025 for new and mid-level trade mark examiners from ASEAN IP Offices. The workshop will focus on strengthening examiners’ capabilities in assessing both traditional and non-traditional marks, covering absolute and relative grounds for refusal. With rapid advancements in digital technology and artificial intelligence, participants will also explore how these tools can improve the timeliness and quality of trade mark examination.

In August 2025, SCOPE IPR will be holding a regional workshop in Thailand and Malaysia to enhance the knowledge of ASEAN trade mark examiners and IP attorneys on the Madrid Protocol. This in-person workshop will provide in-depth guidance on the operation of the international trade mark registration system, including recent updates, best practices from ASEAN and EU experts, and hands-on exercises using real case examples.

To address gaps in access to intellectual property (IP) knowledge among micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and local creators, SCOPE IPR will be conducting a series of in-person roving webinars and seminars on trade mark and industrial design protection in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand between July and August 2025.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in the context of the EU-funded IP cooperation project AL-INVEST Verde IPR, celebrates important advancements in the mentorship for producers of geographical indications (GIs) in the Andean Community. The initiative spans Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, and aims to empower producer associations by enhancing the value, visibility, and sustainability of their GI-labelled agri-food products.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with three leading Ukrainian universities, officially integrating them into the Pan-European Seal (PES) programme. This joint milestone was possible thanks to support from the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO), which actively promotes international opportunities for Ukrainian students and professionals, ensuring that future intellectual property (IP) experts benefit from EU and global best practices and advanced training.

Gathering stakeholders from public and private sectors in the EU and Korea, including authorities, academics, representatives of the AI industry and rights holders, this seminar offered the opportunity to engage in a significant exchange on the latest developments in both the EU and Korea when facing the evolving landscape of AI-generated content and copyright.

Following from the First EU-Korea Copyright Roundtable held in 2024, the European Commission, the EU-RoK IP Action, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea and the Korea Copyright Commission organised the Second EU-Korea Copyright Roundtable. The meeting created an in-depth discussion on copyright-related matters among the EU and Korean public and private stakeholders, on copyright exceptions and limitations for teaching and education in the EU and Korea, both from a legal perspective and sharing of experiences of both societies.