I love reading memoirs and autobiographies. Michelle Obama's "Becoming" is my favorite so far. Reading this type of books is not only motivating and fascinating, but I can also…

I found a very interesting exercise for the weekend, and I encourage you too to do it. I came across this website called FutureMe. It has been created to help you write an email for your future self…

The other day I woke up feeling bad about everything – for no apparent reason. However, instead of allowing my day to be "one of those days", I applied a few tricks to make myself feel better. The first trick is…

I sent my photo for editing and this is how I received it back. It made me think about tattoos, more particularly tattoos at workplace.

In our legal profession, trust and reliability between the attorney and the client are probably the most important factors. Yet there are some websites with no photos about the attorneys and the team…

Depending on the objectives and IP strategy, applicants are sometimes interested in accelerating the European patenting procedure…

Short-term thinking does not fit in the world of Intellectual Property (IP). I have met many people who haven't spent a minute thinking about protecting their IP but when their business becomes successful or there is an infringer…

I had to realise that all those books, videos and articles about productivity have a real downside. This productivity trend made me want to be productive on weekends and holidays as well. Even on days off, I was constantly…

I’m incredibly happy to have passed all four EQE main examinations in my first sitting! I can now add the word "European" to my patent attorney title…

While it is nice to receive the EP validation instructions right after grant, let's be honest, there will always be cases when we receive the instructions one day before the validation period ends…

I noticed that many patent attorneys do not know about the automatic validation countries, since EP validation is not something they have to deal with during their daily job. So, here I come with a summary…

I used to be (sometimes still am) really hard on myself. I often wrote unachievable to-do lists (lists that I could realistically complete in 2-3 days), and when (surprise!) I couldn't finish them in a day, I felt like a failure…

Yesterday we had an amazing talk with the lovely Georgia Tseliou who works as a patent examiner at the EPO. We talked about intellectual property and the difference between an examiner's and a patent attorney's job. Our chat made me realise again…

I am here to admit that procrastination is my biggest nemesis. It was especially the case after my exams, but before lockdown was lifted here in the UK. I found that the more time I have, the worse I become at time management and I unfortunately tend to procrastinate…

52 hours. This is the longest time I've ever gone without sleep. During my university years, this wasn't special at all, we often had assignments that required us to pull all-nighters. These all-nighters did not cause any issues back then…

I used to think that the patent office is always right. I mean, at least in procedural questions. Then, after 1-2 years I got used to explaining the patent law to the Hungarian office. However, last week definitely caught me by surprise…

We don't have to be so serious all the time. It's a Friday, so I thought I would remind you all (and myself) to have some fun today!

Enjoy your work, laugh, treat yourself your favourite coffee…

Just a quick thought for your coffee break. The faster and busier our life gets, the more we need some quiet time in our schedule. When this topic comes up, people usually think of meditation and suggest doing it every day…

When I read Ricardo's post yesterday, I immediately spotted the sentence "I only do business with people that I like." I cannot agree more.

On one hand, this might be considered confirmation bias…

Have you ever heard of the manager's and maker's schedule?

I have recently come across a very interesting piece about two types of schedule, written by Paul Graham. You can read the article…