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BLAYA ALGARRA, Alicia
Alicia Blaya earned the title Magister Lvcentinvs in Intellectual Property and Information Society Law from Universidad de Alicante, Spain. She earned an LLM in International Commercial Law, University of Westminster, London, U.K., in 2000 and a law degree from the Universidad de Alicante in 1996.
Since 1997, Blaya has been a registered member of the Professional Association of Lawyers of Alicante (Spain), where she was born. During her early years of working for a law firm, she provided legal assistance and trial work on civil, administrative and commercial cases.
She became Legal Advisor of the IPR-Helpdesk Project in 2002 and Senior Legal Advisor in 2003. Since 2005 she has served as Coordinator of the legal team and has been responsible for the research and technological development content and training actions of the project. She has worked inside the IP field, especially in the area of the IP-related aspects relevant for E.U.-funded research projects. She has contributed to several publications in various fields of IP and has taught courses on innovation in Spain, both to postgraduate students and Latin American professionals. Blaya has given many seminars in a wide range of IP-related issues relevant for research projects as well as in IP law and innovation, both in European countries and other countries, such as Cuba, Ukraine, Russia, and Egypt.
Abstract
Experiences from the European Union: Managing Intellectual Property Under the Sixth Framework Programme
Abstract:
Health and agriculture are at the very core of the European Union’s policies for socio-economic development. One of its most active efforts is the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. With a specific focus on international cooperation, this is the European Union’s main financial instrument to promote and strengthen research and technological cooperation within the European Union (E.U.). Through the E.U. Framework Programmes, actors from different countries and sectors (industry, research centers, small- and medium-sized enterprises, universities, and so on) work together to improve science and create a better standard of living.
Given the massive movement of scientists and experiences exchanged through these Programmes, it seems that the E.U. is on the right track. However, these Programmes can only be used to their fullest potential when participants understand and appropriately handle the intellectual property rules governing them.
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