Episode 76: IP in the EU FTA’s Series: How to support IP-intensive sectors via the EU FTAs with Filip Geerts

In this online conversation, Jacki Davis talks to Filip Geerts, the Director-General of CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries and related Manufacturing Technologies. This IP-intensive sector was among those examined in the recent ECIPE study:  “The Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in EU Free Trade Agreements”.

They discuss how vital intellectual property rights are for this sector and what needs to be done to strengthen the IP provisions in trade agreements with current and future trading partners.