Industrial Property Rights

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Identification
Industrial Property Rights
Source
European Commission
ECs Homepage
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/rights/index_en.htm
Description
Industrial property rights include patents for inventions, trade marks, industrial designs, plant variety rights, and geographical indications.
COM(2008) 465
On 16 July 2008, the Commission adopted a Communication on an industrial property rights strategy for Europe which:

outlines actions to ensure Europe has a high quality industrial property rights system in the years to come;

provides a horizontal strategy across the spectrum of different industrial property rights and includes initiatives on enforcement, innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the quality of industrial property rights;

complements the 2007 Communication on the patent system, which set out a way forward towards the adoption of a Community patent and an integrated EU-wide jurisdiction for patents.

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Identification	Industrial Property Rights
Source	European Commission
ECs Homepage	http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/rights/index_en.htm
Description	Industrial property rights include patents for inventions, trade marks, industrial designs, plant variety rights, and geographical indications.
COM(2008) 465	On 16 July 2008, the Commission adopted a Communication on an industrial property rights strategy for Europe which: outlines actions to ensure Europe has a high quality industrial property rights system in the years to come; provides a horizontal strategy across the spectrum of different industrial property rights and includes initiatives on enforcement, innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the quality of industrial property rights; complements the 2007 Communication on the patent system, which set out a way forward towards the adoption of a Community patent and an integrated EU-wide jurisdiction for patents.