皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app intellectual property (IP) attach茅s provide a focal point in host countries for supporting UK businesses with IP related issues. 皇冠体育appy also promote UK government interests and work with local intellectual property right enforcement agencies. 皇冠体育appy help to build Intellectual Property Office (IPO) relations with the governments of host countries, and to understand and actively engage with IP policy makers. 皇冠体育app IP attach茅 network is managed and funded by the IPO and supported in country by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and UK Trade and Investment.

In order to ensure that the attach茅s are operating at their fullest capacity, the IPO commissioned an external evaluation of the network. This evaluation focused on the ways in which attach茅s have worked for businesses and government including UK businesses operating overseas and domestic IP policy makers in the UK. This document is the result of that external evaluation.

皇冠体育app evaluation has been conducted independently of the IPO and the attach茅 network. 皇冠体育app findings, views and recommendations within the evaluation report are that of the external evaluator. 皇冠体育app report has drawn its conclusions from a wide range of sources including;

• existing IPO management information
• surveys undertaken by the evaluator
• 1-2-1 interviews with business
• officials who have had direct contact with the network

As a result of the evaluation, this report will help the IPO better understand how the attach茅 network is performing and identify areas for improvement.