Catherine Chammartin | Innoscape Talk #4

June 2022 by CIEB Team

Innovations and IP

How are intellectual property (IP) rights linked to innovation activities? What challenges in the digital world does IP face?

Our fourth Innoscape Talk addresses these questions, where Catherine Chammartin (Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property) guides us through the intellectual property universe and explores its importance for a thriving innovation landscape.


Content of the Interview

00:22 What types of intellectual property rights exist and what are they protecting?
03:32 How important is the intellectual property system for today’s economy?
04:38 What are the main challenges of any intellectual property system?
05:59 What is the role of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property?
08:13 Are national regulations for intellectual property rights still the right framework in an increasingly globalized economy?
10:35 What are the most pressing challenges related to intellectual property protection today?
12:16  Did the Covid-19 pandemic affect innovation in Switzerland?
13:48  Is a suspension of intellectual property rights during the Covid-19 pandemic a good policy?
16:10 What are the most important novelties of the new Copyright Act from 2020?
17:51 Could the blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens transform our current IP system?
19:33 How is data related to the intellectual property system?
20:44 Is there an industry where data is lately becoming particularly important for new innovations?
22:25 What challenges brings artificial intelligence for the intellectual property system?

Interview: Matthias Niggli
Question Script: Dragan Filimonovic, Matthias Niggli, Christian Rutzer, Till Schmidlin
Production: dropZone-Productions
Edited: Studio Frich

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