Sound and effective protection of intellectual property is the
cornerstone of the knowledge economy. People who invest in innovation and
creativity have a right to a return on their work. To equip our industries to
compete in the new global economy, especially in the digital era, we need to
have the right rules in place. The Commission is working to ensure that we do.
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The first copyright laws were issued in order to protect the
legitimate interests of authors of literary, plastic and musical works, and
stimulate artistic creation...
FP6 marked a significant change in the way that intellectual
property is handled in EU projects. In all previous FPs, the Commission's Model
Contract had laid down the basic terms and conditions under which intellectual
property was to be managed. In FP6 the major decisions about IPRs are left to
the project partners...
On 1st April 1996, when
the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market closed the doors on its
first full day of public activity, it had received more than 20,000 requests
for Community trade mark (CTM) protection. This was well in excess of the
15,000 CTM applications the Office's management had foreseen for that entire
ye...
At the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), one of the most
important challenges is to assist and facilitate the commercialisation of
knowledge for SMEs. This means we are moving away from the traditional role of
a classic authority granting rights and are moving toward the much more
business-orientated role of a strategic IP-adviser...
In developing countries, 6,000 people a day die from water-borne
diseases. Access to clean water is key to fighting this plague. Some inventors
have addressed this dramatic problem by developing a new kind of straw that
filters and disinfects water. Using esp@cenet try to find patents that cover
straws with integrated filters allowing...
