CORDIS FOCUS 7 September 1998. NUMBER 117

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 7 September 1998 The (ontents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases NEW HELPDESK TO NAVIGATE THE IPR MAZE The EU's INNOVATION programme last week launched an important new initiative: the establishment of an Intellec­tual Property Rights (IPR) Helpdesk, located in Luxembourg. The new IPR Helpdesk will focus on three tasks: ■ To publicise and improve awareness of the importance of protecting and exploiting Europe's IPR assets. Special attention will be paid to developments arising from EU­funded RTD Projects; ■ To assist researchers in such projects, as well as potential applicants for EU R&D funding, in locating and licensing existing technical developments; ■ To support teams in locating the assistance necessary to register, protect and exploit their inventions. In fulfilling these tasks, the IPR Helpdesk will establish wide­ fax or telephone. Bona­fide applicants will be provided with ranging contacts with patent offices, patent lawyers, uni­ toll­free access to the telephone helpline, and will be given versities and others involved in IPR in all EU Member States. a unique code number. This will enable the helpline opera­The IPR Helpdesk will act as a catalyst to link those seek­ tor to identify the caller, and to retrieve working and his­ing assistance on IPR issues with organisations able to pro­ torical data relating to the caller's inquiry. vide this help.

Sujets

• Marketing et communication

Informations

• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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