{"id":66674,"date":"2016-01-21T11:46:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T11:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9b5d7a2d035ba6099352d4cecc403b59"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T11:46:26","slug":"press-release-government-vows-to-make-uk-best-in-europe-for-innovation-and-ip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66674","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Government vows to make UK best in Europe for innovation and IP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK\u2019s Intellectual Property Office (<abbr title=\"Intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr>) has launched an ambitious five year strategy setting out government plans to further bolster British innovation and the UK\u2019s booming creative sector. <\/p>\n<p>The publication \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/making-life-better-by-supporting-uk-creativity-and-innovation\">Making life better by supporting UK creativity and innovation<\/a>\u2019, highlights core areas of focus that will help boost economic growth and competitiveness via a world-class Intellectual Property (<abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr>) regime. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increasingly strong enforcement action against counterfeiters and other <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> thieves<\/li>\n<li>a dedicated programme of <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> education for UK businesses and students<\/li>\n<li>a commitment to joining and shaping an <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr>-wide patent system that will provide improved protection for UK business across Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The strategy, led by Minister for intellectual property Baroness Neville-Rolfe, recognises that despite the UK\u2019s strong <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> regime, more must be done to ensure that businesses and individuals are capitalising on their creativity. <\/p>\n<p>In response the <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr> has been reaching out to the business community, putting on workshops and seminars explaining the importance of protecting <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> rights. In the past year nearly 31,000 business have attended these sessions with 91% reporting an increase in <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> knowledge.  <\/p>\n<p>Even a modest increase in the registration, protection, and exploitation of <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> would contribute to UK job creation and economic growth. For example firms that apply for trade marks are 7% more productive than those that do not. <\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr>\u2019s programme of education and its commitment to digitising and streamlining the application process for all registered rights, will work to address and overcome any accessibility issues.   <\/p>\n<p>The strategy also recognises the important role the UK will play in delivering the Prime Minister\u2019s vision for <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr> Digital Single Market in which individuals and businesses can legitimately access online goods and services regardless of nationality and location.  <\/p>\n<p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister for intellectual property, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This government is committed to making the UK the best place in Europe to innovate, patent new ideas and set up and expand a business. This strategy sets out why Intellectual Property is an essential enabler of productivity and growth.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy outlines how the <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr> will work to ensure that <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> is accessible and understandable to all, that protection for UK rights holders is strengthened overseas, that we positively influence <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> regimes across Europe, and tackle online infringement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK\u2019s intellectual property environment is making life better by supporting creativity and innovation. It is also helping to boost economic growth and competitiveness. I am proud that the UK is consistently ranked as one of the best <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> regimes in the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to Editors:<\/h3>\n<p>The UK Intellectual Property Office is responsible for Intellectual Property (<abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr>) rights in the United Kingdom, including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. The UK sees <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> enforcement, whether civil or criminal, as crucial for innovation and economic growth, and supports the coordination and cooperation across the <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property\">IP<\/abbr> community to tackle counterfeiting and piracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK IPO today launched a five year strategy setting out government plans to boost British innovation and the UK\u2019s creative sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}