This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

It is widely regarded that the infringement of IP rights - and here most notably counterfeiting and piracy - is a problem which results in reduced revenues for IP right holders and preventing them from recuperating investments, for example, into R&D. Counterfeiting and piracy are said to...

The study study aims to provide "Support for an ex-post evaluation of Directive 2004/48/EC [IPRED] and for an Impact Assessment in view of legislative proposals modernising the enforcement of IPR". IPRED has been implemented between 2005-2009. A first, early evaluation (2011) could not establish...

This patents & licensing study provides a broad overview of the most recent patterns of technological specialisation at the level of European countries and other parts of the world. The analysis used a set of patent-based indicators, a survey on licensing behaviour of European firms and...

This study analyses the economic impact of Utility Model (UM) legislation in selected EU Member States. It analyses nine European countries with a UM system in place, as well as four countries without a UM system and five countries outside the EU with a UM system. The study authors found that...

The following document is annex 1 to the report on a "Feasibility Study on Intellectual pre-diagnostic" service. The feasibility study itself set out to assess to what extent introducing an IP Prediagnostic service for SMEs - a structured "prediagnostic" audit of a firm´s situation in terms of...