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. The negotiations were chaired by Mr Szabolcs Farkas, President of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office. Representatives of the Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Croatian, Austrian, Romanian and Slovenian partner offices discussed current issues in the field of IP. They overviewed the recent legislative developments in the European Union, with particular regard to the SPC reform, the Polish delegation reported on the outcomes of their EU presidency period. Delegations exchanged views on the most important issues of cooperation with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).