Intellectual property rights

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News

OECD calls on governments to clamp down on counterfeiting

04-Jun-2007

Governments should work more closely with companies and strengthen enforcement to fight the rising global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods, according to a new OECD report.


Events

Enhancing Innovation: OECD Workshop on Collaborative Mechanisms for Intellectual Property Management

from 04-May-2009 to 05-May-2009

This workshop in Paris focused on collaborative mechanisms such as IP clearing houses, patent pools, model/framework agreements, IP exchanges and auctions, and other forms of innovation partnerships. Several initiatives presented at the workshop have garnered international attention.

Conference on Patent Statistics for Policy Decision-making

from 03-Sep-2008 to 04-Sep-2008

Organised by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the OECD, the goal of this conference was to reflect recent advances in the area of analysis with patent statistics.

Conference "Intellectual Assets and Innovation: Value Creation in the Knowledge Economy", Ferrara (Italy)

from 20-Oct-2005 to 22-Oct-2005

This conference addressed four questions: What intellectual assets create value in the knowledge economy? How can we do a better job of measuring and identifying the impact of intellectual assets, such as R&D, patents, brands, software and human capital? Should we improve reporting on intellectual assets and their added value?  What policies can foster the development of intellectual assets and facilitate their exploitation?



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