The Future Prospects for Intellectual Property in the EU: 2012-2022 is the name of a collection of essays edited by Florent Gevers & Emmanuel Cornu. This book is dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of La Revue L’Ingenieur Conseil-ICIP.  As the publisher explains:

”This century has, throughout, been dedicated to the protection of innovation and to those who promote it, namely patent, trade mark, design and any other intellectual property right attorney.  ...

The European Union, whilst strong thanks to its cultural diversity and democratic stability, is weakened by a lack of natural resources. It is therefore driven by the need to promote the protection of its intellectual capital, combined with an ability to innovate, in order to give clear guidance as to its own growth. 

In this context, ...  we have seized the opportunity, in connection with our Centennial publication, to question the challenges that intellectual property practitioners will be faced with in the medium and long terms. For the last ten years, strategic intelligence has striven, with courage and determination, to formulate how intellectual property should adapt to the challenges it faces. 

The different actors within Europe will therefore have to prepare themselves to find original solutions to these new challenges, as well as meeting the need for new technologies, and resolving the continuing severe global economic crisis that has persevered since 2008. Some of the contributions to this book cover a global perspective, such as the urgent essential developments in Europe or the need to put the priorities of European companies into perspective. 

Others address more technical issues, such as ... the recent review by the Max Planck Institute of the European rules and directives relating to the Community Trade Mark (CTM) and national trade mark systems. 

Every contribution shows a positive direction : intellectual property law is still young and dynamic. Even if it is at a crossroads, it remains one of the main forces for the continued prosperity of the European Union".