Roving Seminar on the Importance of Intellectual Property Rights for SMEs: European and Latin American perspectives
Before starting the first session of the Roving Seminar on Intellectual Property for SMEs, in Mexico City, on March 22, 2019, Pedro Duarte, project leader of IP Key Latin America said that "both in the European Union and in Latin America , one of the reasons why SMEs do not protect their innovation is the lack of knowledge or information." But taking into account that companies that make intensive use of IP in Europe create 38.1% of direct and indirect jobs, generate 42% of GDP in the EU (about 5,700 million euros) and the IP-intensive industries are those that generate 93% of exports, "bri