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Judge companies on what they do about their IP rights, not on what they say
What with everthing that has been going on recently I overlooked a pieceof work produced by the law firm Freshfields. The Global Intellectual Property Survey 2009: Maximising IP value in the downturn set out to determine whether difficult economic conditions have had an effect on the way in which the world's biggest companies view and use their IP rights: Over Q1 and Q2 this year, our IP practice surveyed the attitudes of 130 senior executives from leading European and US ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 02 July 2009
Applications for EPO president position formally requested
Do you want to be the President of the European Patent Office? We know that there are a few people that most certainly aspire to the position. But how many will actually put themselves forward? To stand a chance you have to be able to demonstrate "in-depth understanding of the patent system and of the needs of an international organisation thorough knowledge and proven practical application of modern management methods a genuine aptitude for communication, negotiating skills and ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 01 July 2009
Interviews with Phelps of Microsoft, Peters of Philips and other top CIPOs available to view
The final batch of video interviews conducted at the IP Business Congress last week are now available to view. They are: • Marshall Phelps, VP of IP policy and strategy at Microsoft, and David Kline, co-author of Rembrandts in the Attic, talking about their new book Burning the Ships: IP and the transformation of Microsoft. They also discuss the role of the chief intellectual property officer and Phelps explains what attributes he believes a good CIPO should possess. To see ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 30 June 2009
More names enter the fray in the battle to be the next EPO president
The list of potential candidates for the president's job at the European Patent Office in succession to Alison Brimelow, who will be standing down in the middle of next year, is growing. In addition, to Roland Grossenbacher of the Swiss Patent Office, another name to have more or less formally entered the fray is Jesper Kongstad. He is the head of the Danish Patent Office and another stalwart of the EPO's administrative council. Given that Denmark is, like Switzerland, a relatively ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 30 June 2009
Some reflections on the IP Business Congress
The IAM team is now back home in the UK after a week on the road in the US for the IP Business Congress. There will be an extensive review of what happened at the meeting in the next issue of the magazine, which comes out at the end of July, but I thought I would share a few things with you now. • First of all, the turn-out was excellent. We had 370 people with us at the Four Seasons which, given the economic situation, was really pleasing. Clearly there are a lot of people out ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 29 June 2009
Get involved in Chinese IP policy making if you want to make a difference
During the presentation on China he made at the IP Business Congress, Intellectual Property Institute chairman Ian Harvey stated that there is no point in worrying about IP protection in the country, or complaining about it, if you do not engage with it. He observed that a recent Chinese government delegation to the UK came in the hope of getting comments from British businesses about proposed amendments to the Chinese Patent Act (now introduced and due to come into force on ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 26 June 2009
Video interviews with IP Hall of Fame inductees now online
Three more video interviews conducted at the IP Business Congress are now available to view. These are with three of the five people inducted into the IP Hall of Fame at a special Gala Dinner, which took place on Monday evening at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. The three individuals concerned are: Dolores Hanna, the first female president of the INTA; Michael Kirk, the former executive director of the AIPLA; and Niels Reimers, the former head of the technology licensing operation ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 26 June 2009
Ocean Tomo does ratings deal with France's state bank
Those who may have thought that Ocean Tomo's sale of its transactions business to ICAP last week signalled the beginning of the end for the firm are going to have to think again. The Chicago-based merchant banc has agreed a working protocol with Caisse des Dépôts, the development bank owned by the French state, that is expected to lead to the creation in the autumn of the first ratings platform for European patents. This would be an OT/Caisse des ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 25 June 2009
An interview with AIPLA executive director Todd Dickinson
During the IP Business Congress, we conducted a number of video interviews with speakers and delegates. Over the next few days we will be uploading these and putting them on both the IAM and IPBC websites. To kick things off, I am linking to an interview with AIPLA executive director Todd Dickinson. In this, he talks about David Kappos's nomination as the next Director of the USPTO; the progress of the proposed patent reform legislation through Congress; the changing environment for ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 24 June 2009
Seen and heard at the IPBC ....
There were 370 people on the at the IPBC yesterday. They were treated to an action packed day. I am not going to give a full summary as this post would just be too long. So here are a few titbits for you instead: • Ciarán McGinley, the head of the controlling office at the EPO, told delegates that applications to the office were down around 8% this year. This has had an effect on income, as has the fact that the grant rate was below 50% for the first time. Basically, by ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 23 June 2009
