Monday IPDate September 29, 2025
World IP news: from WIPO and EPOPatent news
WIPO released the Global Innovation Index 2025
The Global Innovation Index 2025 (GII) takes the pulse of innovation against a background of steady but slow global economic growth, shrinking innovation finance and sluggish productivity. It reveals the most innovative economies in the world, ranking the innovation performance of around 130 economies while highlighting innovation strengths and weaknesses.
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EPO and CNIPA celebrate 40 years of co-operation at bilateral meeting in Porto
On 22 September, the President of the European Patent Office (EPO), António Campinos, and the Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Shen Changyu, held their annual bilateral meeting in Porto. This year’s meeting marked 40 years of close co-operation between the two offices.