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EU economy compared with, for example, the situation in the US.
A study from the US Department of Commerce and USPTO showed IP-intensive industries support, directly or
indirectly,
more than 40 million jobs—almost 28 percent of the total. These same IP-intensive industries accounted for $5 trillion in value added in 2010. That’s more than one-third of US gross domestic product.
“Contrast that with the EU—we don’t have any credible, independent or complete picture,” he says.
In general, that
the consultation has confirmed a similar project-based methodology
as that used for the Cooperation Fund and Convergence Programme should be applied to the Observatory’s activities. It has also backed the approach of understanding the issues before moving to action, and indicated the priority areas for the Observatory’s work.
Campinos says: “In line with Commissioner Barnier’s comments when he visited the Office in February, the priorities with regards to dealing with IP infringements must be to ‘understand and explain’ and only then to ‘act’.”
“We think our focus, in the first instance at least, should be the ‘understand and explain’ part. If EU policy in this area is to be coherent we believe there is a need for a true think-tank on IP dealing with research, communication and certain enforcement-related tasks.”
“IF EU POLICY IN THIS AREA IS TO BE COHERENT WE BELIEVE THERE IS A NEED FOR A TRUE THINK-TANK ON IP.”
Tat said, Campinos is conscious that the responsibilities of the Observatory do not end with
research
and communication.
Counterfeiting and piracy are important as well, because “IP value and infringement are the two sides of the coin”.
Te time frame for all this is pretty tight. Te first Observatory plenary meeting in scheduled at the Office for September; a full draſt work programme will be presented to the administrative board and budget committee in November, and formally adopted in December.
If everything goes as planned, the first projects in the EU Observatory’s work programme will kick off in March 2013. By any measure, it’s on the road to becoming one of the most influential IP institutions in the world.
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