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When it comes to the use of property rights, the cultural sector lags behind many other sectors and, regrettably, actors often lack awareness of this. Admittedly: It is not an easy subject to work on, the complexity is considerable and legal expertise is often required. Regrettably, university education in the training paths of heritage preservation, […]
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) offers a Global Awards program, seeking small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) candidates from around the world that use intellectual property (IP)-backed innovation and creativity in an exceptional manner to achieve business goals and improve society. WIPO’s Global Awards 2023 are open to SME applicants of the entire range of business activity – the creative […]
Indeed, there could be no better time than this year to become skilled in the use of intellectual property rights (IPRs): The European Year of Skills 2023 focuses on all kind of skills: new, innovative, proven, formal, informal, non-formal. This year is about helping people get the right skills for quality jobs and helping businesses, […]
In Bulgaria, intellectual property rights (IPR) can be used not only to protect but also to monetize cultural heritage and tourism assets. This may include the registration of trademarks for cultural-historical values and tourist destinations, copyrights for historical documents and works of art, and patents for any new technologies or methods used in the preservation […]
During the last years on European level there were several activities beside our LEARN-IP project on how to better promote the power of intellectual property rights. Do you know the last publication of the European Commission on it? The EC publication “CCS ECOSYSTEMS Financing, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and wider Ecosystem support for Cultural and Creative Sectors […]
The multiplier event of our LEARN-IP initiative in Bulgaria, entitled “Cultural heritage and tourism assets – opportunities to unlock their potential”, was held in the beautiful city of Rousse on June 16, 2022. It was positioned as the main seminar panel at the Tourist Exhibition “WEEKEND TOURISM 2022”. A total of 45 participants from various […]
Did you ever hear or read about the World Intellectual Property Day (WIP Day) ? Today is the Day which is celebrtaed all over the world. It has been proclaimed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) since 2000 to highlight the importance of intellectual property rights – such as patents, trademarks, product designs, copyrights […]
This is specifically interesting for the cultural heritage and the cultural tourism sectors: In April 2022, the European Commission has proposed a first-ever framework to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional practices from their regions. This framework will cover products such as Murano […]
Save the date: November 25th, 2021 at 3 pm CET “Intellectual Property Rights – the underestimated potential in cultural management” Eventually, cultural managers are confronted with the issue of intellectual property rights. Even if many managers are meanwhile sensitised to the subject, it is still largely terra incognita and associated with many prejudices and fears: […]
Have a look at this great opportunity: There is a 20 million Euro grant scheme created to help European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access their intellectual property rights – and cultural #heritage as well as #culturaltourism SMEs can benefit as well. The SME Fund is aimed directly at small and medium-sized enterprises based in […]