Info Pi nº 177 - May 2025

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International cooperation to support Latin American SMEs

At the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, O.A. (SPTO) we are aware of the importance of international cooperation. Therefore, one of the projects of the 2025-2027 strategic plan focuses on strengthening ties with Latin America to promote alliances and strengthen the use of IP in Spanish. ...

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Three Spanish candidates for the European Patent Office's ‘Young Inventors 2025 Awards’.

Food waste is one of the biggest problems in the world today. Each of us wastes an average of 132 kg of food every year, 59 million tons in the European Union (EU) alone. This huge amount of food represents an estimated loss of around 132 billion. However, is the food we throw away bad? ...

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The SPTO Historical Archive opens its doors during Open Administration Week

Open Administration Week, held this year between 19 and 25 May, is a great opportunity for Public Administrations to open their doors and allow citizens to learn more about the services they provide or the assets they manage. It is an exercise in transparency and accountability that aims to promote an administrative culture based on these principles and a more active participation of citizens in public management. ...

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Description of global trade in counterfeit goods 2025: global trends and enforcement challenges

In May 2025, a new joint study by EUIPO and OECD was published. This study describes and analyzes the state of global trade in counterfeit goods, using data from 2021. ...

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Increase in scam attempts against IP rights holders and applicants

Holders and applicants of intellectual and industrial property (IP) rights have become a recurring target for fraudsters, who take advantage of the public nature of holder and applicant data to commit crimes internationally. This is revealed in the latest Europol report, based on previous studies that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has been conducting for more than a decade. ...

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Fraccionamiento de residuos lignocelulósicos: Convirtiendo un deshecho en productos químicos de valor añadido

El desarrollo e implementación de una economía circular con cero residuos es una de las áreas más importantes dentro del campo de la investigación química. Para lograr una producción más sostenible es necesario optimizar los procesos para reducir la generación de residuos, y cuando esto no se posible, valorizar esas corrientes de desecho obteniendo nuevos productos en lugar de simplemente tratarlos o llevarlos a un vertedero.