4iP Council : Empirical research on European Intellectual Property Rights

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17 January 2019

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Latest Research

The examination of computer implemented inventions and artificial intelligence inventions

by Jean-Marc Deltorn, Andrew Thean, Markus Volkmer

Computer-implemented inventions and applications of artificial intelligence have become an important part of the current innovation landscape. This trend is demonstrated by a significant increase in patents filings in a variety of technical areas, from…

The examination of computer implemented inventions and artificial intelligence inventions

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Patent Quality: Does One Size Fit All?

by Naina Khanna, Phd Candidate at Maastricht University, the Netherlands under the European IP Institutes Network Innovation Society (EIPIN-Innovation Society)

In this article a broad range of literature is analysed to answer the question; what the term "patent quality" may encompass and whether there could be one size fits all definition? The paper seeks to facilitate the identification of factors that influence…

Patent Quality: Does One Size Fit All?

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Blockchain and Copyright Issues

by Maximilian Kiemle, LL.M. student at KU Leuven in Belgium.

This paper examines the use of blockchain-based copyright registries. It highlights associated issues and explores the viability of a number of legal and technical responses.

Blockchain and Copyright Issues

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MIP International Patent Forum 2019

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“Design-intensive companies generated 18% of the EU's GDP, and created 38.7 million jobs”

EPO, EUIPO, 2016
“A key aim of the Digital Single Market Strategy is to establish a supportive investment climate for digital networks, research and innovative business. Setting the right framework conditions will help to mobilise private investment and generate investor confidence.”

A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe European Commission, 2015
“68% of the SME participating in the empirical study want to maintain the status quo for patent protection on Computer Implemented Inventions (CII). They see protection for CII as most important for their business, in particular with respect to international competition.”

Fraunhofer ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2015
“Wages in Europe’s IPR-intensive industries are more than 46% higher than in other industries”

EPO, EUIPO, 2016
“To facilitate compulsory licenses outside the ‘TRIPS agreement exceptions’ adversely impacts the social welfare functions of the patent system. It risks undermining investment in technology, technology creation and the dissemination functions of the patent system at a critical juncture in time.”

Prof. Nicolas Petit, Liege Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII), University of Liege, 2014
“48% of the jobs in the European Union within industry using patents are directly or indirectly dependent on Computer Implemented Invention patents.”

Fraunhofer ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2015
“You could say that the patent is to design what music theory (solfège) is to music. It is a brilliant language.

To innovate and ignore IP is like sailing a boat without the sea.”

Yann de Kermadec
“38% of all employment in the EU (82 million jobs) stems from IPR-intensive industries”

EPO, EUIPO, 2016
“Society allocates exclusionary rights to patent holders for a simple, compelling reason. In exchange for the disclosure of his invention, the inventor receives the right to be the first to place the invention on the market, and to limit third parties’ ability to use his technology.”

Dr. Sven Bostyn, Univerity of Liverpool & Prof. Nicolas Petit, Liege Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII), University of Liege, 2013

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Technology invention is an arduous and risky creative process that can result in life changing and global transformation. To incentivise investment in successful and potentially transformational technology solutions, and to reward risk, inventors must be able to seek reasonable return for their efforts. Intellectual Property Rights allow inventors to obtain such reward by creating the opportunity to commercialise their inventions. This is not only a fair way to acknowledge the contribution of the technology into the market, but also encourages continuous investment in further research, thus increasing innovation.