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Overview

Lobbying Costs

200,000€ - 299,999€

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.6 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

16

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    IP Europe

    EU Transparency Register

    562316318576-78 First registered on 02 Sep 2015

    Goals / Remit

    IP Europe champions an innovation ecosystem based on collaboration through open standards and a patent system that together drive private investment in R&D and progress.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU IP Action Plan
    Rules on patents, particularly standard essential patents
    Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on Research and Development (Horizontal Guidelines)
    Digital Single Market Strategy
    European IP Standardization policies
    EU Innovation Policy
    Industrial Strategy
    Data Strategy
    Unified Patent Court
    Standardisation dimension of Trade Partnerships
    Review of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
    European Green Deal

    Address

    Head Office
    Rijvisschestraat 124
    Zwijnaarde 9052
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rijvisschestraat 124
    Zwijnaarde 9052
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%2
    10%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.6

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Patrick MCCUTCHEON 11 May 2023 10 May 2024

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    patrick mccutcheon 50,000€ - 99,999€
    instinctif partners 200,000€ - 299,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    Name
    brandon mitchiner
    patrick mccutcheon

    Closed year Costs

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Other financial info

    Our finances comprise a membership fee of €30,000 per member, €500 per year for SME members plus additional donations for specific projects.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    https://ipeurope.org/
    https://ipeurope.org/news/

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    16 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels (VTC)
      Subject On Standard Essential Patents
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject standard essential patents
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Jul 2020 Location Phone call
      Subject Discuss the current EU initiatives that may impact the SEPs licensing, including the upcoming IP Action Plan and the review of the EU Guidelines on Horizontal Co-operation Agreements
      DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
    • Date 29 Jun 2020 Location Brussels (video conference)
      Subject European global players in digital; 5G deployment conditions; foreign subsidies white paper; cloud adoption in Europe, switching possibilities, contestability of cloud markets - need for clear standards and security requirements; data governance.
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 May 2020 Location Brussels (video conference)
      Subject Licensing of standard essential patents
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 09 Dec 2019 Location BREY-Brussels
      Subject Exchange views on future Industrial Strategy and concerns on 5G
      DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General)
    • Date 11 Dec 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject SEP licencing
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Nov 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject 5G and Internet of Things
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jun 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject IP protection under the current and next MFF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 May 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentation of the Croatian entrepreneurs and innovators, including in the transport sector, to EU institutions.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)
      • Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
    • Date 26 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject FRAND & ‘access for all’ principles
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentation of SME Manifesto
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Manuel Nobre Goncalves (Cabinet member)
      • Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Jun 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Standardisation, SEPs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Jan 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Innovation and Competition
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Manuel Aleixo (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Electronic Communication code
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Feb 2016 Location Barcelona
      Subject Telco policies
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
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