The 2020 IP Action Plan: Spurring Industrial Recovery and Resilience by Capitalization on Innovation

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Year: 2021
• Author: Denis Dambois

Speaker

Denis belongs to the Intellectual Property unit of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), the main unit of the Commission in charge of IP policy. He joined the European Commission in 1999, where he was in charge of various tasks in the Directorate-General for Research (in charge of IP and tech transfer issues), in the Directorate-General for Trade (IP unit), and as the Head of the “Research and Innovation” Section of the EU Delegation to India.

After graduating in engineering and a first job in that field, his career in intellectual property started in 1991, when he joined the patent department of Solvay s.a., a chemical multinational, before following the IP training of the CEIPI (Strasbourg) and qualifying as a European patent attorney.

Topic

In its first part, this e-presentation aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the key orientations outlined in the European Commission's Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, which was formally adopted on 25th November 2020. The IP Strategy represents a crucial milestone in the European Union's efforts to foster innovation, safeguard intellectual property rights, and enhance competitiveness in the global market.

The presentation commences by delving into the primary pillars of the IP Strategy, which encompasses a multifaceted approach to address various challenges and opportunities in the realm of intellectual property. These orientations encompass promoting a robust and balanced IP system that fosters creativity and innovation while ensuring fair access to knowledge and technologies. The European Commission's commitment to fostering a conducive environment for research and development, as well as promoting the creation and dissemination of intellectual property, is emphasized during this part of the presentation.

Additionally, the e-presentation sheds light on the strategies to enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights across the European Union. Effective enforcement is critical to providing innovators, creators, and rights holders with the confidence that their investments and efforts will be protected and rewarded appropriately....