Western Balkans

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

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Intellectual Property Rights - IPR

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) mean the legal rights granted with the aim to protect the creations of the human mind (intellect). These rights include Industrial Property Rights (e.g. patents, industrial designs and trademarks) and Copyright (right of the author or creator) and Related Rights (rights of the performers, producers and broadcasting organisations). For EC co-financed projects, IPR normally belong to the project participants. For projects where the EC bears the full cost, the IP is generally the property of the Community. The EC has set up a help-desk to assist with patent issues and protection of IPR.

Link(s)

http://ipr-helpdesk.org

Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.

Kosovo* (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.)