Archives (after 2015)
Meeting of the Visegrad Four (V4) and Friends in Budapest

On September 25-26, 2025, the intellectual property (IP) offices of the Visegrad Four and Friends countries met on presidential level in Budapest.
Participation of HIPO at ISIF’25

The 10th Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF’25) took place between 17 and 21 September 2025, with the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) among the invited participants.
Trilateral meeting with Irish and Latvian counterpart offices at HIPO

On September 19, 2025, a trilateral meeting was held at HIPO with the participation of James Kelly, Contoller of the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland, Agris Batalauskis, Director of the Latvian Patent Office, and Szabolcs Farkas, President of the SZTNH.
Successful bilateral meeting with the Irish IP office

On 18 September 2025, the Controller of the Irish Intellectual Property Office, Mr James Kelly, visited the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), where he was welcomed by Mr Szabolcs Farkas, President of HIPO and Mr Péter Lábody, Vice President for Legal and International Affairs of HIPO.
Bilateral meeting between HIPO and SIPO

The delegation of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) had an official visit at the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in Ljubljana between 8 and 9 September 2025.
Bilateral meeting between the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)

The 66th series of the WIPO Assemblies has come to end
Szabolcs Farkas, President of HIPO, was elected Chair of the Assembly of the Budapest Union.
Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and HIPO concerning the recognition of WIPO’s Patent Drafting Training Program
Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Albanian IP Office
Bilateral meeting with the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Bilateral meeting with the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office
Memorandum of Understanding with Uzbekistan
The 66th series of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO commences
The 66th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) commenced on 8 July 2025, where the representatives of the 194 member states of WIPO participate at the meetings of the highest-level bodies of the organization.
Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese IP Office
Bilateral meeting between HIPO and the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
On 26 June 2025, following the meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, a bilateral meeting took place in Munich between the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO).
High-level EU delegation visits HIPO

President of the Austrian Patent Office visits the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Concluding Document of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference signed

WIPO Member States adopt new International Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
The Treaty shall enter into force three months after it has been ratified or acceded to by fifteen contracting parties.
The Office's Annual Report 2023


