The IP Office of the EU. Protecting trade marks, designs and geographical indication for craft and industrial products.
Alicante, Spain
Joined September 2009
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Counterfeit goods detained in the EU reached a record high in 2025. Over 196 million items worth €6.3B were detained, up 67% from 2024.
The joint report by the EUIPO and the European Commission’s @EU_Taxud reveals the scale of counterfeiting in the EU.
🔗euipo.europa.eu/en/news/dete…
Wonder Woman turns 85!
Her name and iconic double-W are protected as EU trade marks, just one of the IP stars in her story.
And she’s in good company: DC has 176 EUTMs and 44 registered EU designs on the EUIPO register.
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Venture capital investment, 2021–24:
🇪🇺 EU: €122bn
🇺🇸 US: €622bn
More than 5× as much in the US.
VC is not the same as IP-backed finance, but the gap shows the financing challenge facing many intangible-rich firms.
🔹Read more: euipo.europa.eu/en/publicati…
This International Chefs Day, IP is on the menu.
Some of the world’s best-known chefs have turned their names into trade marks. And IP comes in layers: recipes, food innovations and geographical origins can also be protected.
Good food, good wine… and a few IP rights. 🍷
More ways to train with less space needed. NOHRD StepTower brings multiple workouts together in one compact fitness unit, an approach that earned @waterrower_gmbh the 2026 DesignEuropa Award in the Industry category.
Get to know the winner; euipo.europa.eu/en/designs/d…
Filing a registered design in the EU?
Our next #TuesdayWebinar covers the latest requirements for design representation, including technical specifications, disclaimers, video and dynamic 3D.
📅 20 October | 10:00 CEST
euipo-vitelsa-es.zoom.us/web…
Today’s case law comes with extra sparkle🥂
The BoA refused the figurative sign ‘Champaign’ for Class 11 goods, finding that its use would exploit the reputation of PDO ‘CHAMPAGNE’ by transferring its image, prestige & quality associations to those goods.
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This week in Bangkok, EUIPO brought IP-backed finance to the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings agenda for the first time. An important step towards unlocking the value of intellectual property and improving access to finance.
Read more: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/euip…
🍯 A knife-wielding Winnie-the-Pooh? Not quite what A. A. Milne had in mind.
The 2023 horror film Blood and Honey was made possible when the original Winnie-the-Pooh entered the public domain in the US in 2022.
But in the EU, that won't happen until 2027.
🐻 Entering the public domain opens the door to new interpretations, but later versions of a character may still have their own IP protection.
Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh, for example, is protected by EU trade marks.
Learn more 👉 euipo.europa.eu/en/copyright…
Innovating in tech?
The SME Fund 2026 is still open for Patents (Voucher 3), with funding of up to €1,500.
Apply before filing any application. While funds last. 👉 euipo.europa.eu/en/sme-corne…
When can a shared element lead to a likelihood of confusion? The EUIPO Board of Appeal found that BIG MAC's shared distinctive element with SUPERMAC'S was sufficient to establish a likelihood of confusion.
Read more: euipo.europa.eu/en/law/recen…
Intensive IP Educational Programme | Across 5 online modules led by IP experts, the programme offers university students a comprehensive introduction to 7 areas of IP, regardless of their previous IP knowledge or experience.
📅 19 Oct–10 Dec
euipo.europa.eu/knowledge/lo…
Happy Valencian Community Day! 🇪🇸
From our home in Alicante, EUIPO is proud to celebrate the rich heritage, openness and community spirit of the Comunitat Valenciana.
Today, we light up our building and celebrate alongside our neighbours the values that bring us together.
The EUIPO and @EBFeu have signed an MoU to strengthen cooperation around IP, finance and business support.
The goal: better information, stronger dialogue and closer links between the IP and financial communities.
Read more:
euipo.europa.eu/en/news/euip…
The Phantom of the Opera turns 40! Beneath the mask lies another layer: IP.
Its title is protected by EU trade marks, while copyright can protect the music, lyrics, scripts and other creative elements that bring a musical to life.
euipo.europa.eu/en/copyright…
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For a small company, a big step forward.
After ten years of building their vision, @clfearth has won the 2026 DesignEuropa Award in the Entrepreneurs and Small Companies category with the CLF Growth Container.
Get to know the winner: euipo.europa.eu/en/designs/d…
What does a functioning IP-backed finance ecosystem need?
1️⃣ Make IP visible
2️⃣ Assign credible value
3️⃣ Turn value into finance
4️⃣ Build the evidence
5️⃣ Reinforce coordination
No single measure is enough. The pieces need to connect.
euipo.europa.eu/en/publicati…
Protecting innovation is essential. Helping businesses unlock its value is the next step.
At the IBEPI high-level conference in Madrid, EUIPO Executive Director João Negrão highlighted how IP offices can help make IP more visible, understandable and usable in financing decisions.
Can I use this image in class? What about AI?
Being a teacher isn’t always easy. This World Teachers’ Day, explore Copyright for Educators: practical guidance, tools and resources to make copyright one less question on the lesson plan.
🔗euipo.europa.eu/en/copyright…
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