There has been a shortage of
dialogue between IP practitioners and
owners on the one hand, and
academics on the other – often to the
detriment of both. A new European
Patent Academy initiative aims to
change all that.
At this year’s meeting of the LES USA and Canada,
the relationship between patents and finance was high
on the agenda. And while the mainstream investment
community remains wary of placing too much emphasis
on any kind of IP right, specialist investors are
beginning to emerge