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PATLIB2022 conference

On 12 and 13 May, the EPO held the PATLIB2022 conference online. Organised in co-operation with the European Commission once again this year, the event was attended via the official event platform by more than 1 300 registered participants from 83 countries. In addition, the proceedings of the opening day were streamed on EPO social media channels, attracting a further 2 500 viewers.

Patent applications published by the EPO exceed four million

Today, the European Publication Server reached a new milestone as the EPO published EP 4 000 000. The application from L'Oréal, one of the top ten French applicants in the 2021 Patent Index, concerns an image recognition method in which artificial intelligence (AI) is trained to recognise skin tone, helping customers match their skin tone to cosmetic products.

Here are the basics on patents and copyrights (USPTO) every small business owner should know.

A patent excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or importing an invention or design, within a limited territorial scope. If a patent is granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the patent owner has the exclusive right to make, sell, manufacture, and import the claimed invention or design. This essentially gives the owner a limited monopoly to profit off of their invention.