[Ecommerce] Re: [Ip-health] EU R&D :2006 – Aho Group Report 'Creating an Innovative Europe

Tue Feb 14 17:08:06 2006

If you take a close look at the paper, you will see that the argument in
favor of IP is purely rhetorical--there is no evidence-based data
indicating that IP is somehow involved in this problem, or that "high-IP"
countries somehow do better (paradoxically, the report identifies China, a
low-IP country, as a potential competitive threat). This is not unusual,
of course, since most increases in IP are not due to hard economic
analysis but, instead, are due to lobbying by IP industrial groups.

MD

> A High level expert group has submitted a report on increasing R&D to the
> EU Commission. Its worth looking at as it contains data on the 'innovatio=
n
> gap'. It also focused on a number of key sectors including pharma and
> digital content and made recommendations on changes to IP laws and regs.
>
> Copy of report:
> http://europa.eu.int/invest-in-research/pdf/060119Aho%20report%20final.pd=
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> Points on  IP,Pharma and digital content.
>
> One of its conclusions was that
> 'The reason business is failing to invest enough in R&D and innovation in
> Europe is the lack of an innovation-friendly market in which to launch ne=
w
> products and services.
>
> To create such a market they recommend actions on:
>
> harmonised regulation
> ambitious use of standards
> driving demand through public procurement
> a competitive intellectual property rights regime
> fostering a culture which celebrates innovation. '
>
> As far as I can work out  in relation to IP this means:
> (Page 12) Finalise the Community Patent system and the draft European
> Patent Litigation Agreement
> Review the problems with standards and patents
> Faciliate the transfer of knowledge and IP from public funded insitutions
> to industry.
>
> In addition in relation to Pharma ( Page 14)Speed up the creation of a
> single market for pharmacuticals and 'simplify legislation and regulation=
'
> including speeding up national safety and pricing reviews.
>
> For Digital Content: ( Page 16) Calls for review of territorial aspects o=
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> copyright system and appropriate frameworks for the efficent licensing of
> copyright content across national borders.
>
> Official Background and short summary
>
> At the Hampton Court Summit on 27 October 2005, Heads of State and
> Government decided to give higher priority to the key issues on which
> Europe needs to act to address the challenges of globalisation. First
> among these issues were research and innovation.
>
> The Commission thus asked a small group of four high-level experts,
> chaired by former Prime Minister of Finland Esko Aho, to assess the
> situation and make proposals to boost Europe’s research and innovation
> performance.
>
> The group issued its report on 20 January 2006.
>
> It urges Europe’s leaders to take radical action on research and
> innovation "before it is too late" and calls for a Pact for Research and
> Innovation to be signed by political, business and social leaders to show
> their commitment to creating an Innovative Europe.
>
> The experts state that current trends are unsustainable in the face of
> global competition. Therefore a new vision is needed to address a series
> of productivity and social challenges faced by Europe.
>
> The group argues that there is a large gap between the political rhetoric
> about the knowledge society and the reality of budgetary and other
> priorities.
>
> They propose a 4-pronged strategy focusing on the creation of innovation
> friendly markets, on strengthening R&D resources, on increasing structura=
l
> mobility as well as fostering a culture which celebrates innovation.
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>
> Michelle
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> Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs
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