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Uk Presidency Of The Eu – What Does It Hateful For Ip?


In a somewhat irreverent weblog on Sunday, the IPKat discussed the IP implications of the copyright too merchandise grade implications of the UK’s selection of logo for its menstruum of presidency of the EU. Now he reports, thank you lot to a helpful page on the Patent Office website, on IP policy priorities during this period:

* Facilitating the adoption of a directive on patentability of computer-implemented inventions too progress the expected Commission proposal on collective management of IPRs [the IPKat predicts rocky roads ahead on this one]

* Making progress towards a to a greater extent than cost-effective too up-to-date IPR government inwards Europe. This includes operate on improvement of the patent system, too the organisation of a conference on IPR too creative sectors [the IPKat isn’t certain what this means. It sounds similar it could bespeak telephone substitution reform though – produce whatever of his readers know anything close this?]

* To secure adoption of the proposed Regulation on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the industry of pharmaceutical products for export to countries amongst world wellness problems [the IPKat thinks this sounds really worthy – to a greater extent than mightiness to its proponents]
UK Presidency HQ here

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