Profile
The Intellectual Property Committee works with the EU institutions to create a strong, cost-effective system for obtaining, licensing and enforcing intellectual property right. These issues often lie at the heart of any debate concerning innovation and competitiveness in a global economy.
Current issues
- Reform of the European Patent System
- Counterfeiting and piracy
- Value of IP for innovation and creativity in the 21st century
- Climate change - Awareness raising of IP-related issues
(in coordination with the Climate Change Coordination Group)
- Design protection
- IPR enforcement
- ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement) negotiations
- Parasitic copying
Sectors represented
- Computer and high-tech corporations
- Consumer, energy and general industrial sectors
- Law firms
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