tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8028387134787491634..comments2024-03-28T11:16:43.146+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Does IP boost the European economy? EPO and EUIPO say soVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65181273183948963012019-09-30T09:05:46.843+01:002019-09-30T09:05:46.843+01:00Who said once that you should never believe a stat...Who said once that you should never believe a statistic you did not manipulate, not to say faked, yourself?<br /><br />This study has be looked at the fact that at best a third of applications at the EPO are coming from European applicants. How <br /><br />Furthermore, the patent policy, or better IP policy, of subsidiaries of non-European companies residing in Europe is not decided in Europe. Has this point been taken into account?<br /><br />It is pretty obvious that neither the EPO nor the EUIPO can explain that their effect on European industry/society is negligible. That lots of approximations were necessary to show this, does not render the study more convincing. <br /><br />Thanks for having drawn our attention to a study which has not one but quite few drawbacks. Don't pull my legnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11097172019377648642019-09-29T18:43:09.441+01:002019-09-29T18:43:09.441+01:00These reports are purely pro domo and should be ta...These reports are purely pro domo and should be taken for what they are: advertising.guynoreply@blogger.com