IP Key’s Yearly Action Plan (YAP) for 2014 was endorsed by its respective management boards.

Benoît Misonne and Dan Prud'homme write in the Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (Eurobiz) that European businesses should keep up with China’s changing IP landscape in 2014 and discuss how IP Key can help.

Dan Prud'homme of the IP Key Team is quoted in Managing Intellectual Property (MIP)'s January 24th 2014 article entitled "SIPO issues guidance on FRAND commitments in national standards".

On the occasion of the Official Launch of the New EU-China Activity-Based Cooperation in Intellectual Property in Beijing on 16 January 2014, IP Key convened a meeting with representatives of European industry and European Union Member States with the participation of Mr. AntónioCampinos, President of the European Union Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), implementing agency of the IP Key.

Davide Follador of the IP Key Team delivered a keynote speech on "Doing Business in China. Major IP Issues for European and Italian Companies" at a business forum held in Beijing on January 13, 2014.

Dan Prud’homme of the IP Key Team moderated a panel discussion on the "The Future of the Utility Model System" at an all-day seminar on utility model patents on December 11, 2013.

Dan Prud'homme of the IP Key Team delivered a keynote speech on "Improving Patent Quality and Innovation in China: Transforming Policy Analysis into Cooperative Action" at the 1st Three Rivers International IP Forum held in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, on November 29, 2013.

Dan Prud’homme of the IP Key Team met with Deputy Director General Hong Yongqing of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA) to discuss potential cooperation between IP Key and SIPA in the coming year on an event to discuss the workings of the IP framework within the newly opened Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ).