An OHIM team was in Athens for two weeks, working with both Greek offices to prepare the Back Office project. As the pilots near completion in Finland and Poland, 10 other intellectual property offices are getting ready to follow. These include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, BOIP, Greece GGE, Greece OBI, Malta, Slovenia, Romania, and Spain. Both Greek […]
As of today 18 December, the registered designs data of the Lithuania State Patent Bureau (SPB) has been integrated into the DesignView database, making the SPB the twelfth EU National and regional IP Office to join the tool. The other eleven Offices that have integrated Designview are: Portugal, Benelux, Estonia, Spain, Greece OBI, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Czech Republic […]
Lithuania has been observing a consistent growth in the number of patented inventions. Universities and businesses, mostly patenting in the renewable energy, food industry and electronics-areas, are among the most active in this field. In 2013, the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania has received 82 patent applications from national inventors. A number […]