European Commission’s Action Plan on Intellectual Property
- Articles and memoranda
- Posted 31.03.2021
On 25 November 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its Action Plan on Intellectual Property1 (“Action Plan”) which proposes to implement specific intellectual property (“IP”) policies with the particular objective of modernising the European Union (“EU”) framework in this field and helping small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) benefit from their inventions and creations, especially in times of health and economic crisis.
This Action Plan is an ambitious policy document with multiple proposals for actions (“democratising” IP, enhanced support to SMEs, fight against infringements of IP rights, etc.). It also highlights several developments that are expected with regard to patents, author’s rights, databases, trade secrets or designs in the following months/years.
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| 1 | Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of The Regions: “Making the most of the EU’s innovative potential – An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience”. | |||