The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on the management of intellectual property (IP) in the knowledge transfer activities of universities and other public research organisations. In doing so, the Commission reaffirms its commitment to the Lisbon Strategy: to transform the EU into the world’s most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy.
The specific objectives of the Recommendation are to assist Member States in the development of policies and guidelines in the area of intellectual property management and knowledge transfer activities and to promote the exploitation of publicly-funded research results.
In many cases this will entail public research organisations (PROs) and private enterprise working more closely together, for example in academia-industry collaborations. Further cooperation is also needed to help promote open innovation, which allows for the transfer of knowledge between organisations with the objective that it be fully exploited and brought to market.
Source: CORDIS