Work in Parliament Meeting of the informal working group on Patent

Maria da Graça Carvalho participates at a breakfast meeting of the informal working group on patents at the European Parliament in Brussels.

As the patent environment is growing increasingly complex, the major players driving innovation in Europe, SMEs and public research organizations, are too often excluded. Meanwhile the EU is experiencing a trade deficit in royalties and other licensing fees coming from patents.

How much to share? How much to protect? How to increase licensing? What about open innovation? Should we aim at patenting more? How to design the best pro-competitive policies for Europe? These are some of the questions the working group on patents will address.