News and announcements

9.6.2022 - Meeting via video conference today, the IP5 Heads of Office took stock of progress in their joint initiatives and agreed on further enhancing the patent system to better support innovators globally. The 15th annual meeting of the IP5 Heads was hosted by the EPO.

25.5.2022 - The IP5 Offices have published their preliminary statistical indicators for 2021, showing overall trends at the IP5 level. Go to 2021 key IP5 statistical indicators  

23.12.2021 - The IP5 Offices released the 2020 Edition of the IP5 Statistics Report highlighting filing trends and describing their activities in 2020.

10.8.2021 - The IP5 Offices have published their comprehensive roadmap outlining short-, medium- and long-term co-operation opportunities in the area of new emerging technologies and artificial intelligence.

6.7.2021 - The presentations from this year’s IP5 Heads of Office meeting with IP5 Industry are now available on the fiveIPoffices' website.

23.6.2021 - Meeting via video conference today, the IP5 Heads of Office reaffirmed their shared view that intellectual property is critical to fostering and protecting the innovation needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

14.5.2021 - The presentations from the seventh IP5 Global Dossier Task Force meeting are now available on the fiveIPoffices' website.

19.4.2021 - The IP5 Offices have published their preliminary statistical indicators for 2020, showing overall trends at the IP5 level.

15.4.2021 - The fourth Industry Consultation Group (ICG) meeting was hosted by the JPO in virtual format on 25 and 26 February 2021. A summary of the conclusions and the presentations from the meeting are now available on the fiveIPoffices' website.

14.4.2021 - Following the second meeting of the IP5 NET/AI task force, the IP5 Offices published a new section on the IP5 website dedicated to IP5 work in the area of new emerging technologies and artificial intelligence.