6 Amendments of Morten LØKKEGAARD related to 2021/2007(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas 45% of the GDP comes from IPR intensive industries, only 9% of the EU SMEs have registered IP rights, the lack of information on the registration and management of the IP hinders the full use of the opportunities offered by IP and data sharing; whereas the small number of IP registrations of micro and SMEs might be the result of high costs and administrative burden.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas there is a lack of information in some Member States regarding the benefits and the intrinsic value of IPR that increases total value of the company leading to a more resilient and stronger position on the single market.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the registrations for IP slightly increased in the first months of 2021 compared with the same period of the 2020, it is estimated that the Intellectual Property registration is still affected by the Covid-19 pandemics, with visible effect in the period to come especially in the development and innovation areas;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the innovative solutions that will ensure a sustainable and digital post-COVID economic recovery are based on Intellectual Property rights, few micro and SMEs benefit from their IP when trying to get access to finance.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of the IPR intensive industries in the green and digital recovery and resilience strategies; calls on the European Commission to strengthen the single market by cooperating with the Member States in finding a common approach to solving the infringements and minimizing the hold- backs, avoiding multiple judiciary procedures in case of European registered patents.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that owning IPR leads to stability and economic growth of the companies, studies show that these companies pay their employees up to 19% higher salaries overall and tend to be more stable; calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a strategy to accelerate and support the research and development leading to the transformation of the R&D results into valuable economic enterprises through the registration and valorisation of IP at the European level increasing the number of the micro and SMEs using IPR thus creating a more resilient economy and single market.