Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
16
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Coalition of European Organisations on Innovation and Industrial Property (IP Europe)
EU Transparency Register
562316318576-78 First registered on 02 Sep 2015
Goals / Remit
IP Europe brings together European organisations, from SMEs to global multinationals and non-profit organisations operating in a variety of sectors.
IP Europe gives a voice to European companies and organizations that recognize the value of Intellectual Property to be more competitive and benefit from their creative and innovative activities.
Alliance members comprise:
France Brevets (Registration n°979589218673-05)
Ericsson (Registration n°02021363105-42)
Orange (Registration n°76704342721-41)
Nokia (Registration n°35167875358-33)
Fraunhofer Institute is a scientific advisor
A number of innovative European SMEs are members of IP Europe including: Fractus, Secure-IC, B2Cloud, Mobilead, GreenTropism, Intuilab, Lucibel, Naturex, Inside Secure,
List of members: https://www.iptalks.eu/about-us
Innovative SMEs actively supporting IP Europe ad-hoc initiatives and projects: Vitirover, eShard, Skeyecode, Oledcomm, Energy Square and many others.
List of supporters: https://www.iptalks.eu/sme-manifesto
As part of its Global Innovation Task Force, IP Europe also develop ad-hoc initiatives and activities and projects with companies that are not globally headquartered in Europe. These companies share many of the goals of IP Europe and work with and support us on particular projects as part of our Global Innovation Task Force. Companies including Panasonic, InterDigital and Qualcomm have participated in the Global Innovation Task Force ad-hoc initiatives and projects in the course of the past year.
Context: 40% of total economic activity in Europe generated by Intellectual Property intensive companies and 35% of all employment stemming from innovative industries with a higher-than-average use of IP rights.
(*) EPO/OHIM 2013 Study
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-889_en.htmMain EU files targeted
IP Europe pursues pro-IP activities, among others, in the following EU policy areas:
- Digital Single Market Strategy and European IP Standardization policies
- Unified Patent Court
- Standardization dimension of Trade Partnerships
- Review of the EU IP Enforcement DirectiveAddress
Head Office
87 Avenue Louise
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 16 Apr 2019
Name Start date End Date Patrick MCCUTCHEON 11 May 2023 10 May 2024 Mr Patrick MCCUTCHEON 11 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Francisco Mingorance (Executive Secretary)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Francisco Mingorance (Executive Secretary)
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
IP Europe is an alliance of like-minded European innovators supported and advised by Europa-Insights (TR 578630818521-25)
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Ericsson 50,000€ - 99,999€ France Brevets 50,000€ - 99,999€ Interdigital 25,000€ - 49,999€ Nokia 50,000€ - 99,999€ Orange 25,000€ - 49,999€ Panasonic 25,000€ - 49,999€ Qualcomm 50,000€ - 99,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
16 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject On Standard Essential Patents Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject standard essential patents Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jul 2020 Location Phone call Subject Discuss the current EU initiatives that may impact the SEPs licensing, including the upcoming IP Action Plan and the review of the EU Guidelines on Horizontal Co-operation Agreements DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 29 Jun 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject European global players in digital; 5G deployment conditions; foreign subsidies white paper; cloud adoption in Europe, switching possibilities, contestability of cloud markets - need for clear standards and security requirements; data governance. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject Licensing of standard essential patents Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2019 Location BREY-Brussels Subject Exchange views on future Industrial Strategy and concerns on 5G DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General)
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Date 11 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject SEP licencing Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject 5G and Internet of Things Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject IP protection under the current and next MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the Croatian entrepreneurs and innovators, including in the transport sector, to EU institutions. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)
- Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject FRAND & ‘access for all’ principles Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of SME Manifesto Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Manuel Nobre Goncalves (Cabinet member)
- Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Standardisation, SEPs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Innovation and Competition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Manuel Aleixo (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electronic Communication code DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Feb 2016 Location Barcelona Subject Telco policies DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings