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We inform you that on January 16, 2025, the new Board of Directors of the Hellenic Industrial Property Academy (HIPA) for the term 2025-2030 was formed, following the completion of the term of the previous board. The President continues to...

The WIPO Awards recognize outstanding startups, SMEs, and university spin-offs that use intellectual property (IP) to promote economic development with a social impact around the world. The WIPO Inventors and Creators Award, launched in 2022, aims to encourage the commercialization...

Joint Study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO): Business-Level Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights and Their Stable Economic Performance in the European Union This study examines the economic outcomes of companies that own...

As part of a series of editorials on the business website Epixeiro (https://www.epixeiro.gr/), aimed at informing you about the key concepts of Intellectual Property, we present today the fourth article titled: «Why Should I Register My Trademark?» By the Director of...

Greece Defends Its National Interests Decisively and Effectively in the Commercial Field Following coordinated efforts by the Ministry of Development and the Greek Industrial Property Organisation (OBI), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has decided to cancel the European...

Article by the Head of Search Directorate at OBI, Mr. Demetris Stafylas, on the EUIPO study titled "Impact of Technology Deep Dive Report II, Impact of the metaverse on infringement and enforcement of intellectual property". Intellectual Property in the Metaverse Το πλήρες...

Following the decision of the Assembly of the Hague Union at its 44th session in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organisation on July 9-17, 2024, the implementation of the Hague Act (1960) of the Hague Agreement will be...

We would like to inform you that on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM, the current electronic submission service for Industrial Property Title Applications, hosted on the OBI website (https://efiling.obi.gr/), will be replaced with the new upgraded service...

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a working meeting took place at the headquarters of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) with a delegation from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). The heads of the delegations, Mr. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, General...

"It is an indisputable fact that the launch of the conversational robot ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) by OpenAI in November 2022 sparked intense interest in creative Artificial Intelligence (AI), with many describing it as the equivalent of the iPhone...