EPO President Antonio Campinos and the new Director General at the Morroccan Office of Industrial and Commerece Property (OMPIC) Mr. Abdelaziz Babqiqi have met for the first time at an online meeting on 22 September, opening a new chapter of co-operation between their offices.
Mr. Campinos and Mr. Babqiqi took stock of the validation agreement between the EPO and OMPIC , which entered into force on 1 March 2015 as the first ever EPO validation agreement. Under the agreement, around 400 granted European patents were validated in Morocco in 2020, a number that is expected to grow in the coming years. Continue Reading