Today is World IP Day. To mark it the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys has published an IP manifesto called An Economy of Ideas.
“The IP system must be seen as not only a mechanism for protecting innovation, but also a significant means through which businesses maximise the return on investment,” said CIPA President Catriona Hammer.
The manifesto asks the post-election government to ensure that all forms of IP – patents, trade marks, copyright, design protection and specific IP such as plant variety rights, database rights and trade secrets – actively promote entrepreneurship and enterprise.
“CIPA asks government and its agencies to continue to commit resources to build and maintain a world-class intellectual property infrastructure, which is accessible, efficient and cost-effective at all levels; from the creation and protection of intellectual property rights to their exploitation and enforcement,” says Hammer.
Specifically, the CIPA wants the government to:
Acknowledge the importance of high-quality research to economic prosperity and to improve access to research funding
Promote the UK as a global hub for intellectual property by: securing maximum benefit from the section of the Central Division of the UPC’s Court of First Instance in London; and encouraging the European Patent Office to open a branch in the UK
Be fully aware of the ramifications that leaving the European union would have on well-advanced plans for a Unitary Patent covering much of Europe and a Unified Patent Court structure
Recognise that patent and trade mark attorneys operate in a global marketplace and that regulation must be proportionate in order to allow the UK’s IP system to compete on the global stage
Support our aspiration that young people from all backgrounds are encouraged to study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in order to provide a wide talent pool for future generations of patent attorneys
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