2025-04-24
The World Intellectual Property Day 2025, on April 26, focuses on the theme "IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP". It highlights how intellectual property (IP) rights support the vibrant music industry, enabling cross-industry collaborations with sectors like fashion, film, and technology.
2025-04-22
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are reshaping the circular economy. IPR ensures transparency, traceability, and trust across value chains.
2025-04-16
EU's Repair Clause secures hardware repair rights. Still for software-driven assets, the right to repair remains complex and under-regulated.
2025-04-10
The shift to renewable energy must account for the waste it creates. IP helps develop circular solutions for PV, wind, and battery systems.
2025-04-10
The final conference of the project was organized on 3rd April 2025, bringing together 107 experts and stakeholders from across Europe.
2025-03-17
Slovenia’s “Circular Slovenia” initiative aims to become the world’s first fully circular economy by promoting sustainability, resource efficiency, and innovation, with a focus on key sectors like construction. Recognized globally, it serves as a model for sustainable economic transformation.
2025-03-10
Science and Technology Forum Rudolfovo 2025 entitled “Intellectual Property: How to Create and Enrich it?” will take place on Tuesday, 25th March 2025, at 9:00 am in the Makerspace Hall, at the headquarters of Rudolfovo. Join us!
2025-02-28
Global Experts to Convene at the 13th Brand Protection Excellence Forum 2025 in Milan.
2025-02-28
The final conference of the IPR4SC project will take place on April 3, 2025, in Ljubljana, bringing together experts from academia, policy, and business to explore the role of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in sustainability and circular economy.
2025-02-14
As we work toward a more sustainable world, circular economy practices and industrial symbiosis are leading the charge! A new study from Environmental Technology & Innovation (2025) dives deep into how businesses can collaborate to close the loop on waste and create lasting impact.
2025-02-13
As Europe gears up for Eurovision, music takes the spotlight — and so does the need to protect it. With remix culture on the rise, intellectual property is key.
2025-02-10
The WIPO Global Awards 2025 competition opened on January 15th with a call for applications from startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and university spinouts that use intellectual property (IP) to drive economic growth and improve societies.
2025-01-15
We are happy to announce the delivery of the IPR4Data Facilitator Handbook, now freely accessible online!
2025-01-14
Celebrating 25 years of the UDRP, WIPO will host a landmark conference on protecting brands and consumers.
2025-01-14
Ljubljana awarded Climate-Neutral and Smart City title by EU Commission; Action Plan includes energy, mobility, waste, and public inclusion.
2025-01-10
Patent licensing agreements are essential tools that enable innovators, businesses, and researchers to collaborate, monetize intellectual property, and bring groundbreaking ideas to life.
2025-01-09
Patents don’t just protect ideas—they fuel innovation, attract investment, and open doors to a sustainable future.
2025-01-08
As the new year begins, many of us reflect on the joy of gifting — with LEGO sets often taking center stage as a cherished present that fosters creativity and strengthens bonds across generations.
2024-12-20
The quarterly newsletter is available now.
2024-12-16
Link Campus University Hosts EU Projects Showcase: Leading initiatives in sustainability, cultural integration, and digital transformation converge, featuring IPR4SC's insights on intellectual property rights and circular economy.
2024-12-13
On 26th November partners organized the 5th webinar: IP Insights for SMEs and startups
2024-12-12
On November 25 and 26, 2024, the international conference Geographical indications and collective brands: tradition, quality and identity for sustainable competitiveness was held in Brdo pri Kranju.
2024-12-11
The 5th IPR4SC partnership meeting focusing on progress assessment, joint planning and innovative strategies for the final phase of the project.
2024-12-02
Slovenia's Recovery Plan promotes a circular economy through green reforms, eco-innovation, and sustainable wood processing, aiming for resource efficiency and climate neutrality by 2026.
2024-11-15
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges, driving rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and environmental degradation. IP is on the fight, accelerating Green Transition.
2024-11-08
In addition to Christmas and Easter, a third holiday now dominates the seasonal offerings in the stores: Halloween. Halloween's global appeal now makes it a billion-dollar business, and with that growth comes a high demand for intellectual property rights.
2024-10-25
In March 19th, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation unanimously approved the new Strategic Plan (SP2028) for the European Patent Office.
2024-10-18
The 17th International Technology Transfer Conference (ITTC) focused on knowledge exchange and IP's role in innovation. Maja Fortun Novak presented her research on IP's impact on start-ups.
2024-10-15
Join us at the Slovenian Social Science Conference on 18th October 2024.
2024-09-30
The quarterly newsletter is available now.
2024-09-16
Learn WIPO’s ADR solutions for resolving IP and tech disputes
2024-09-10
Effective 1st September 2024, Romania will be part of the Unitary Patent (UP) system. From that date, all European patents with unitary effect will automatically cover Romania.
2024-09-03
In their home markets of France and Italy, a dispute has arisen between the Italian company Piaggio and the French company Peugeot regarding a three-wheeled scooter.
2024-08-28
IPR4SC's Work Package 6 advances, fostering eco-innovation through IP.
2024-08-23
Explore the student experience of acquiring IPR knowledge and skills at Algebra University’s during IPR4Data Simulation Lab!
2024-08-22
Recent updates to the Italian IP Code aim to simplify the process for registering and enforcing IP in the digital era while enhancing the protection of specific IP rights
2024-08-09
Hosted by KIPO in Seoul, the world’s Top IP Offices emphasized the role of IP in tackling global challenges and supporting economic growth, aligning with their new Vision Statement.
2024-08-06
The government adopted the first National Intellectual Property Strategy until 2030. With this, Slovenia additionally recognizes the role of intellectual property in promoting innovation, creativity and knowledge sharing, as well as the importance of its strategic management.
2024-07-23
Dylan's electric Newport shock rocked folk music, but copyright law kept the songs his & the recording a new creation.
2024-07-17
Participants at the Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) will explore the evolving interplay between intellectual property systems and the emerging data economy. Key topics include regulatory and innovation challenges, and reforms needed to shape IP and data laws to incentivise creativity and innovation.