Monday IPDate September 2, 2024

GII Science and Technology Clusters 2024: Tokyo-Yokohama and Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou Top the Ranking; Emerging Economies Make their Move

China and the United States (US) are home to the world’s largest science and technology (S&T) clusters, with shifts among the top 100 showing especially fast growth of innovative activity in certain emerging economies, according to an early release from the 2024 edition of WIPO’s Global Innovation Index (GII).

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> GII Science and Technology Clusters 2024: Tokyo-Yokohama and Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou Top the Ranking; Emerging Economies Make their Move

EPO: Unitary Patent now covers Romania

Effective 1 September 2024, Romania will be part of the Unitary Patent (UP) system. From that date, all European patents with unitary effect will automatically cover Romania. This expansion will not only increase the number of participating EU Member States to 18, but also add a market of some 19 million people to the area of 330 million people already covered by the UP system.

> EPO: Unitary Patent now covers Romania