Intellectual Property Enforcement as a Tool for Sustainable Development
 
IP is a critical incentive for innovation and creativity, which are key to the success of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Appropriate IP policies, an effective legal framework, and robust enforcement mechanisms are crucial elements of the innovation ecosystem that enable a nation to achieve these goals.
 
In this session, we will discuss IP enforcement as a tool for sustainable development, focusing on SDGs relating to health, industrial innovation, well-functioning infrastructure, reduced inequalities, and justice. We will examine how a sustainable society can only be achieved through extensive and effective use of the IP system.
 
Program:

• 1.00 p.m. – 1.05 p.m. | Welcoming remarks and introduction of the speakers by José Graça Aranha, WIPO’s Special Representative on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• 1.05 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. | Erling Vestergaard, IP Enforcement Expert, European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO), Spain | The sustainable agenda and IP | A new way of understanding IP enforcement and SDGs | Analyzing the life cycle of a product or service and taking IP, technological developments, IP infringement and IP crime into consideration
• 1.30 p.m. – 1.50 p.m. | Marco Musumeci, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Switzerland | Infiltration of the legal supply and the legal economy –threats to a sustainable economy | Case examples where IP criminal enforcement supported SDGs
• 1.50 p.m.-  2.00 p.m. | Questions and Answers