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VTT is involved in mentioned initiatives, the Community of Practice for smart use of IP and codes of practice. VTT Launchpad was selected as best practices in the fact sheet on the role of intellectual assets in knowledge valorisation Valorisation policies - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/4944d5a4-c50c-11ec-b6f4-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

VTT's main concern is that this action must take in equal consideration Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and companies' processes for knowledge valorisation, e.g. in spin-off monitoring only universities are considered.
IP systems must be designed to provide adequate incentives for creators and inventors to invest in the production of novel ideas and content, while at the same time encouraging beneficial diffusion of knowledge.
Industry is usually only willing to invest in RD&I leading to a competitive edge over entities that have chosen not to invest. This requires protecting certain results with IPRs. For RTOs, the most important role of IPRs is a way of giving value to technology. Together with their extensive know-how, RTOs use their IP portfolio as a tool to signal their competences and market their know-how as the background of future RD&I collaborations with industry.