The Irish government revealed plans for an overhaul of its intellectual property laws on Tuesday at the first meeting of the group set up to drive forward the recommendations of a recent report on innovation strategy.
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe, told the group the aim is to make it easier for entrepreneurs to turn creative ideas into smart jobs by ironing out the kinks in the intellectual property process. O’Keeffe said he wants to, “Maximise opportunities for commercialisation of government-backed intellectual property and give entrepreneurs here a competitive edge.”
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