IP - non credere - A sceptical view on IP related statistics

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Monday, 31 May 2021

Pangloss and the PCT

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 In March of this year WIPO issued a press release " International Patent Filings via WIPO Continued to Grow in 2020 Despite COVID-19 P...
Tuesday, 19 September 2017

European Patent Grants - 2017

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It appears that the EPO is continuing to grant a lot of patents. Based on the number of grants up to end-August, the EPO looks on track to...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Decisions, decisions, decisions.....

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The UK government has many decisions ahead of it including the BIG one, of when (or whether) to trigger Article 50: and a small one, of whe...
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Saturday, 17 September 2016

Should the UK ratify UPC (yes): can it continue post-Brexit (yes)

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We are in a critical position concerning the unified patent court and unitary patent. Netherlands has deposited its instrument of ratif...
Thursday, 1 September 2016

European Patent Grants - update

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In a previous post  I commented on the high number of patent grants at the EPO during the first 6 months of 2016. Patent grant numbers at ...
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Saturday, 25 June 2016

Brexit and IP

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In case you have not noticed, there has been a referendum in the UK voting to leave the EU. This only has effect once an Article 50 TFEU n...
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016

How high will the ball bounce?

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The hockey stick graph is a familiar issue in climatology. A sudden step change in a measured variable indicating something happening in the...
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