The IP Federation has submitted comments on the European Patent Office Strategic Plan (2019 – 2023). We were asked to send our comments by 15 February 2019.

The IP Federation was pleased to receive the invitation from the President of the European Patent Office to contribute views on the Strategic Plan being developed for the period 2019-23. We welcome his wide consultation at this early stage of the strategy process and hope this open and outwardly-facing approach will be a hallmark of the working of the Office during his presidency.

At a general level, we support the President’s commitment to developing a Strategic Plan which has clear deliverables and timescales. The seven areas identified by the President are well chosen, and we have commented on each in turn.

There are a few other areas which we believe the Office’s Strategic Plan should address, which we have discussed in the last page of our comments.

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