1. IPR’s: new challenges and opportunities
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IPR’s: new challenges and opportunities
2007 INSME Annual Meeting 
Rome 13 July 2007 

2. Opportunities offered by IPR’s exploitation
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Opportunities offered by IPR’s exploitation
Increase of competitiveness for SMEs
Internationalization and exportation of national products
Ability to attract public funding and private investors
Creation of clusters of SME able to face international markets

3. EU Ten Priority Actions (sept 2006)
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EU Ten Priority Actions (sept 2006)
Action 7 “Enhance intellectual property rights” should:
Lead to improvements in the patent system and its procedures
Adapt copyright aquis to the new digital markets
Create more synergies between Commission policies in the field of IPR
Improve awareness of the practical aspects and benefits of IP protection in the innovation community
Facilitate enforcement of IPR on foreign markets

4. EU Action against counterfeiting and piracy
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EU Action against counterfeiting and piracy
Council Regulation 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action
Directive 2004/48/EC of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
First reading EP 25 April 2007 Directive on “Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights”

5. EU programmes to promote innovation and competitiveness
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EU programmes to promote innovation and competitiveness
Seventh Research Framework Programme FP7
themes (health; food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology; inforation & communication technologies (ICT); nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies; energy; environment; transport; socio-economic sciences and the humanities; space; security)
Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme (CIP) – main activities:
- The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, particularly focussing on SMEs
- The ICT Policy Support Programme, to support the adoption of ICTs in business, administrations and public sector services
- The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme

6. The Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) 2007 - 2013
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The Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)
Actions to achieve the Lisbona Agenda (making Europe the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world within 2010):
Foster the competitiveness of European undertakings, SMEs in particular;
Promote all forms of innovation
Accelerate the development of a sustainable, competitive, innovative and inclusive inormation society
Promote an efficient use of energy and the development of renewable energy sources

7. Strategic Goals in the 2006-2007 Wipo program and budget
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Strategic Goals in the Wipo program and budget
To promote an IP culture;
To integrate IP into national development policies and programs;
To develop international IP laws and standards;
To deliver quality services in global IP protection systems; and
To increase the efficiency of WIPO’s management and support processes

8. Wipo’s activity directed do SME
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Wipo’s activity directed do SME
Promote a more active and effective use of the intellectual property system by SMEs
Strengthen the capacity of national governments to develop strategies, policies and programs to meet the intellectual property needs of SMEs
Improve the capacity of relevant public, private and civil society institutions, such as business and industry associations, to provide IP-related to SMEs
Provide comprehensive web-based information and basic advice on IP issues to SMEs support institutions worldwide

9. PDU on intellectual property 1/2
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PDU on intellectual property 1/2
Possible objectives:
To create occasion for exchanges and networking for SME’s
To favour technology transfer and licensing of IP assets
To provide training on IP issues
To provide assistance in the IP related aspects involved in public calls and tenders
To improve SME’s awareness of the value of intangible assets

10. PDU on intellectual property 2/2
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PDU on intellectual property 2/2
Instruments and actions:
Organization of meetings and events to favour knowkedge-exchange and technology transfer between SME
Organization of seminars or conferences on IP issues
Legal assistance in the partecipation to European or national call or tenders

11. Development of specific projects
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Development of specific projects
PDU on IP might offer specific assistance and services in relation to those projects related to IP or involving IP aspects:
Development of project
Partners search
Filing of proposal and assistance in the procedure
Management of the project

12. Thanks for your attention!
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Thanks for your attention!
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