European Marine Equipment Council

EU IPR Conferences

Protection of knowledge in the Shipbuilding Industry (IPR)

Directorate General Enterprise is organising conferences on "Protection of knowledge in the Shipbuilding Industry" in Rotterdam and Hamburg between January and March 2010.

With the globalisation of supply chains and advancement of modern Information Technology industrial know-how has become more mobile than ever before. At the same time innovation and state of the art technology are key elements for industrial competitiveness. That is why the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) ranks very high on the agenda of the European Commission. The protection of IPR has been identified as a key issue for the shipbuilding sector, both yards and equipment manufacture, by LeaderSHIP 2015."

The Conferences:

Rotterdam, 3/4 February 2010
Golden Tulip

Hamburg, 26 March 2010
Le Royal Méridien

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