UK Intellectual Property and Quality Minister Lord Triesman announced a new fast track service for trademark applications. The new service will be launched in April 2008 and will cost users an additional £300.
Vodafone Spain CEO & Huawei President signed an agreement to set up an Application Innovation Center in Madrid for Vodafone Group to innovate new products and services
The European Patent Organization (EPO) welcomed two new members as Croatia and Norway acceded to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on January 1, 2008, taking the total number of EPO member states to 34