On this page there is information relating to European Union Intellectual Property sources and the IPR_Helpdesk.
European Union Intellectual Property sources
Patents, Trade marks and Designs: Developments and news concerning patents, trademarks and designs (such as reports, directives, regulations, commiques etc.) can be viewed here. Patents, trade marks and designs are “industrial property” for the European Union.
Copyright: Developments and news concerning copyright (such as reports, directives, regulations, commiques etc.) can be viewed here. Only copyright is considered to be “intellectual property” for the European Union.
Some developments and news (for example reports on international conferences) might be found in either of the above two links. Users should check both.
Generation of intellectual property through research funded partly or wholly by the European Union. The main starting point can be found here on the main page for the Community Research & Development Information Service (CORDIS).
The main objectives of the EC-funded IPR-Helpdesk are
- “The aim and purpose of the IPR-Helpdesk is to raise awareness of Intellectual Property Rights and not to give legally binding advice.
- It is intended to provide any relevant information which may be of assistance to anyone with Intellectual Property queries or concerns.”
It is operated under a contract co-financed by the European Commission, and run with a number of partners including Queen Mary & Westfield College in the United Kingdom.
This web site contains a range of EU-related intellectual property related information including on Framework Six Programme (see below), Framework Five Programme, as well as more general information on intellectual property issues (e.g. “What is copyright?”, “What is protected by Copyright”, Software Copyright and the Computer Programmer, etc.). Users of the web site can sign up for a bulletin and ask the IPR-Helpdesk questions.
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