The GIPC aims to facilitate enhanced U.S.-EU engagement, cooperation and coordination on IP matters in order to advance shared IP priorities bilaterally and in third countries. The GIPC believes that such cooperation at the highest of levels is essential to promoting the economic growth of our respective economies and of the global economy as a whole.   Toward that end, the GIPC is cultivating a wide range of partners, including European business confederations, American Chambers of Commerce, leading manufacturers, entrepreneurs, policy institutes, non-governmental organizations, think tanks and academics, in support of the important role that intellectual property rights play in building strong innovative economies.  In addition, the GIPC also provides critical information to European policy makers on the value of IP and its role in generating economic competitiveness.

In March 2009, GIPC partnered with the Confederation of British Industry for the Third Annual Global Intellectual Property Forum in London.  Taking place on the eve of the G-20 Summit, the discussion focused on the role of IPR in stimulating job-creating innovation. Forum participants engaged in roundtable discussions on incentive-based invention, innovation in the developing world and the IP system’s future in a changing global marketplace.  Attendees included representatives from the British House of Commons, British Brands Group, Diageo, International Federation of Phonographic Industry, UK Intellectual Property Office, Unilever, University of Oxford and World Intellectual Property Organization, among other organizations.

In 2005, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with BUSINESSEUROPE and the International Intellectual Property Protection Forum (IIPPF), formed a trilateral partnership to serve as a platform for providing a global business perspective on key contemporary IP issues . In 2008, the GIPC, BUSINESSEUROPE, and IIPPF released a trilateral statement on compulsory licensing. In 2009, this partnership released a trilateral statement focusing attention on the importance of IPR and green technologies in addressing climate change. This year, the three parties plan to release several joint statements, including in support of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in conjunction with the April 12th ACTA negotiating round in Wellington, New Zealand.

Resources: 

Recommendations_for_US_and_EU_Policymakers.pdf