Priorities of the Danish EU Presidency

Among Denmark’s priorities for its EU presidency (January-June 2012) are advancing intellectual property rights, research and innovation.

According to the document of its priorities (available here), Denmark plans to focus on education, research and innovation programmes, while highlighting, inter alia, IPR enforcement, standards, e-commerce, creativity and accessible online content as priorities.

Furthermore, “the Presidency will follow up on the Commission’s proposal for an orphan works directive”. Other priorities include boosting a “digital single market” with more cross-border trade.