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News

4iP Council is proud to be supporting Bocconi University's LL.M in Law of Internet Technology

13 March 2018

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EPO reports growing demand; Europe’s attractiveness as leading tech market confirmed

07 March 2018

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New website area '4 SMEs' goes live today

28 February 2018

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Research summary on standardisation and the issue of interoperability & access under competition law released today

28 February 2018

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Decisions post Huawei v ZTE - nine new case summaries loaded since December

26 February 2018

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Latest Research

Standardization for the Digital Economy: The Issue of Interoperability and Access Under Competition Law

by Björn Lundqvist

The article attempts to identify what legal systems are applicable when data is obtained from devices, sent to other devices, and/or distributed to the Cloud, and, ultimately, when it is reused. The article specifically focuses on the application of…

Standardization for the Digital Economy: The Issue of Interoperability and Access Under Competition Law

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Patent Assertion Entities and Standard Essential Patents: Keep Calm and Carry On

by Igor Nikolic, PhD researcher in law at the University College, London

This article discusses positive and negative effects of PAEs’ patent assertions raised in literature and the assertion of standard essential patents by PAEs as well as the problematic surrounding patent privateering. The article aims to demonstrate that…

Patent Assertion Entities and Standard Essential Patents: Keep Calm and Carry On

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Events

European Life Sciences Forum

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Interactive focus: Digital era, evolution & the changing nature of patents

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Features

An original financing solution for ‘not yet profitable’ SMEs investing in R&D

Neftys plays a crucial role in the innovation ecosystem. It offers start-ups and SMEs investing in R&D a form of bridging loan and, in so doing, solves an important headache for many innovators at a critical stage in the evolution of their business when heavy investment in R&D is yet to pay off.

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Features

Finding the point of optimisation in patent systems

4iP Council interviews Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel at IBM, a prolific user of the patent system. Manny has helped IBM build and protect a portfolio of over 50,000 patents worldwide. The iconic company has held first position on the annual US patent grant list for 24 years.

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“Wages in Europe’s IPR-intensive industries are more than 46% higher than in other industries”

EPO, EUIPO, 2016
“It is nice for inventors to get recognition.
Every major invention today is teamwork. I would like to take the
opportunity to thank the big team in Erlangen, but as well everybody
else in the world who contributed, whose ideas went into mp3.”

Professor Karl Brandenburg, Director, Fraunhofer Institute
“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
“The world is not lacking in ideas or entrepreneurs but they have little life and business experience. Business leaders need to provide complementary expertise and connections.”

Francois Cornelis, Essenscia Innovation Circle
“42% of total economic activity in the EU (some €5.7 trillion annually) is generated by IPR-intensive 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
“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
“Innovative entrepreneurs are central to the digital economy. To succeed they need increased access to finance including equity and venture capital.”

A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe European Commission, 2015

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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.