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Kostadinova - Auto IP & Legal World Summit 2022
Kostadinova - Auto IP & Legal World Summit 2022
Fight IP infringement
• Better enforcement and Fair play at global level
cooperation • The EU as a global standard
setter
Zooming in on: New legislative initiatives:
• Regulation for CI GI* protection
Fighting infringements of – proposal
Intellectual Property Rights:
• Designs reform
• United Patent Court
Agreement – provisional • Patents package:
application period started
February ’22 1. Supplementary Protection
Certificates (SPCs)
• EU Toolbox against 2. Standard Essential Patents
Counterfeiting – upcoming (SEPs)
High-Level Roundtables 3. Compulsory licensing
• Improve transparency
• Enhance enforcement
• A Call for evidence and a public consultation are open until 9 May
2022
Compulsory Licensing
Key players:
• IP right holders: all sizes, all ecosystems
• Online offline intermediaries, e.g.:
• Public authorities, in particular law enforcement authorities
The EU Toolbox: possible concrete tools
Implementation:
80+ contributions received Q4 2022 (tbc)
SMEs
Effective use and deployment
• Provide a scheme for IP SME Vouchers finance
IPR registration and strategic IP assistance
• Strategic IP assistance services for SMEs in
“Horizon Europe” and beyond
• Improved IP information – European IP Info
Centre, IP Helpdesks and integration into Your
Europe
• IP as an asset to facilitate access to finance
Services offered by the SME Fund
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