Les Pan-European Conference 2025: Intellectual Property Assets for Economic Growth

In celebration of Les Benelux’s 50th anniversary, IP enthusiasts are invited to travel to The Hague for a 2-day conference on 29-30 September 2025. The focus will be identifying the contributions of various IP rights to the EU’s economic growth and addressing the challenges arising from EU’s sustainability goals. More details here.

EUIPO Conference on Copyright: Navigating Copyright Together in an Evolving Digital Landscape

EUIPO is hosting a conference on 20-21 November 2025 at the EUIPO premises in Alicante to celebrate the launch of the EUIPO Copyright Knowledge Centre. The event will feature discussions on the suitability of copyright in the digital age, copyright law’s ability to protect creativity, and building a copyright infrastructure that effectively tackles threats and challenges that next generations of creators face in the age of generative AI. Further details and registration here.

Opportunities

Call for Papers: WIPO Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Women’s Participation in Innovation, Creativity, and Intellectual Property

WIPO announced the 2nd edition of the Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Women’s Participation in Innovation, Creativity, and IP. The meeting will be held on 24-25 November 2025 at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, and young researchers are invited to submit papers on any topic related to IP rights and/or innovation and creativity, particularly those that adopt a policy-oriented, empirical, experimental, qualitative, or economic modelling approach. The deadline for submissions is 31 July. Further information here.

Call for Submissions: WIPO ADR Young Article Competition 2025

WIPO also calls all the registered members of WIPO ADR Young to submit 1,500-word articles on the following topic: “Designing a dispute resolution procedure for IP disputes in AI model training”. The deadline for submission is, again, 31 July. More information and submission guidelines here.

Spanish readers, this one’s for you! El XII Certamen de artículos jurídicos de derecho digital y del entretenimiento de Asociación DENAE

denae has announced an article competition for its members. It calls for submissions on a topic related to digital or entertainment law, such as IP law, data protection, image rights, and advertising law. The deadline for submissions is 7 September. More information here.

News

WIPO Pathfinders Report: Exploring the future of IP driven innovation and creativity

WIPO published a report in which it explored how IP driven innovation and creativity might evolve by 2034. It aims to guide WIPO Member States and stakeholders in understanding current trends, getting prepared for medium- to long-term challenges that might impact the IP system, and seizing the opportunities that may follow. Full report here.

Real-time alerts and AI plug-ins in EUTM EasyFiling form help reduce uncertainty, improve predictability and enhance the user experience

Following the launch of EUTM EasyFiling, the EUIPO has now introduced a new set of intelligent pre-assessment services, some powered by AI. Discover these new services here.

Europol and EUIPO unveil situation report on misleading invoices

Europol and EUIPO published an updated report highlighting scammers’ evolving tactics and trends and demonstrating the increase in fraudulent activities targeting IP rightsholders and applicants. In response, the EUIPO warned that authenticity of payment requests should be verified prior to taking any action. Full report here.

Source: https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/wednesday-whimsies_9.html