France to overhaul intellectual property strategy

Public body that supported startups filing and protecting IP is scrapped

France Brevets, the public body that gives support and advice to startups and small and medium-sized businesses deemed to have internationally competitive potential, is to be wound up as part of an overhaul of intellectual property (IP) strategy.

A government statement published on 21 October described France Brevets (which translates as France Patents), set up in 2011, as a “unique entity in Europe”, that was charged with a “proactive and effective IP policy, to better equip companies and establishments higher education and research in the highly competitive international market of innovation”.