23. First, on ‘joint ownership’, calls on the Member States to explore the possibilities for certain equipment to be jointly acquired by consortia of participating countries or by the EU itself, taking inspiration from initiatives such as the Strategic Airlift Capability implemented under NATO, the NATO AWACS programme or the EU's Galileo, or to search for possibilities of EU funding or co-funding of equipment acquired by consortia of Member States; stresses the potential of joint ownership for the most expensive equipment, such as for space capabilities, UAVs or strategic transport aircraft;

In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2821/71, however, this regulation provides an exemption for RD agreements which contain provisions relating to the assignment or licensing of intellectual property rights in order to carry out the joint RD, paid-for RD or joint exploitation, so long as those provisions are not the primary object of such agreements, but are instead directly related to and necessary for their implementation.

30. Notes that intellectual property rights are one of the most important tools available for SMEs to enhance their competitiveness; is concerned, however, that the perceived lack of enforcement of intellectual property rights, combined with the costs and complexity of securing intellectual property rights, often dissuade SMEs from using the protection offered; therefore, urges the Commission and Member States to consider possible joint actions to help SMEs to protect their intellectual property rights; calls on the Commission to investigate the value of developing such an initiative through the European Counterfeiting and Piracy Obse ...[+++]rvatory;

3. Ownership rights shall cover all intellectual property rights within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 772/2004 of 27 April 2004 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of technology transfer agreements as well as all property rights within the meaning of Article 2 of the Convention of the 14th July 1967 establishing the Intellectual Property World Organisation, and in particular trade mark rights.

(a)issue against the alleged infringer an interlocutory injunction intended to prevent any imminent infringement of an intellectual property right, or to forbid, on a provisional basis and subject, where appropriate, to a recurring penalty payment where provided for by national law, the continuation of the alleged infringements of that right, or to make such continuation subject to the lodging of guarantees intended to ensure the compensation of the rightholder; an interlocutory injunction may also be issued, under the same conditions, against an intermediary whose services are being used by a third party to infringe an intellectual pro ...[+++]perty right; injunctions against intermediaries whose services are used by a third party to infringe a copyright or a related right are covered by Directive 2001/29/EC.

issue against the alleged infringer an interlocutory injunction intended to prevent any imminent infringement of an intellectual property right, or to forbid, on a provisional basis and subject, where appropriate, to a recurring penalty payment where provided for by national law, the continuation of the alleged infringements of that right, or to make such continuation subject to the lodging of guarantees intended to ensure the compensation of the rightholder; an interlocutory injunction may also be issued, under the same conditions, against an intermediary whose services are being used by a third party to infringe an intellectual proper ...[+++]ty right; injunctions against intermediaries whose services are used by a third party to infringe a copyright or a related right are covered by Directive 2001/29/EC.