tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6839908152673831857..comments2024-03-29T09:21:58.696+00:00Comments on The IPKat: New plan to boost UK in global IP "arms race"Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-83590838877542151212009-09-14T21:53:29.586+01:002009-09-14T21:53:29.586+01:00"to help underpin the UK’s reputation as a wo..."to help underpin the UK’s reputation as a world leader in developing and exploiting intellectual property"!!!!.<br /><br />Oh dear! Deluding ourselves again! Developing? No. Plenty of reports show that we don’t lead here. Exploiting? No. See "Prestigous" Global Competitiveness Report for 2009-2010 and many others.<br /><br />The most important aspect of providing a solution is to fully understand the problem.<br /><br />The prblem is a lot closer to home. The CBI should do a lot more than diddly-squat to help UK industry to educate itself about the world of IP and all its beauty. Still far too much ignorance in UK PLC. That's the main problem. There is a paucity of imagination in these suggestions from the CBI.Nick Whitehttp://www.tangibleip.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70783006432023600942009-09-14T17:23:18.704+01:002009-09-14T17:23:18.704+01:00Jeremy: Are you questioning whether a Swiss-based ...Jeremy: Are you questioning whether a Swiss-based organization could be anything but scientific and neutral?Howard Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-75937288832526403182009-09-14T17:12:05.565+01:002009-09-14T17:12:05.565+01:00Howard, "Business executives"!! I rest ...Howard, "Business executives"!! I rest my case.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57015497341528303192009-09-14T17:09:40.530+01:002009-09-14T17:09:40.530+01:00Jeremy - the World Economic Forum ("WEF"...Jeremy - the World Economic Forum ("WEF") methodology is set out at pp. 49 ff of the Report which is here: http://bit.ly/pD30y<br /><br />It's based on a survey of business executives - not copyleft academics.<br /><br />Do I detect a note of envy of your former colony's superior rating?<br /><br />BTW, I've no doubt that Canadian cats would outrank their British counterparts in winter survival skills. But this has not been tracked by the WEF. So, my view on this is purely anecdotal.<br /><br />I remain your faithful former colonial voice of conscience...Howard Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72266926869786877242009-09-14T16:34:19.866+01:002009-09-14T16:34:19.866+01:00Howard, according to Hello! magazine Prince Andrew...Howard, according to Hello! magazine Prince Andrew, JK Rowling, Rowan Atkinson and the Beckhams are also regular Davos attendees. And I've seen some pretty star-studded Bar Mitzvah invitation lists in my time too, but I'd hesitate to deploy the word 'prestigious' ... <br /><br />One day you'll have to tell me about the methodology of the ranking, and the significance of its result. Till then, I remain your humble and obedient cynic.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64610800875177214282009-09-14T16:18:24.155+01:002009-09-14T16:18:24.155+01:00Jeremy, according to Wikipedia, "Al Gore, Bil...Jeremy, according to Wikipedia, "Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Michael Wolf, Bono, Paulo Coelho and Tony Blair are also regular Davos attendees. Past attendees include Angela Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev, Henry Kissinger, Nelson Mandela, Raymond Barre, and Yasser Arafat."<br /><br />On this occasion, given that Canada, a former colony of your country, is ranked higher than the UK, I think that the adjective "prestigious" is entirely befitting.Howard Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-20440525139828354082009-09-14T16:16:03.255+01:002009-09-14T16:16:03.255+01:00Justin: Hear, hear! I'm so glad I'm not th...Justin: Hear, hear! I'm so glad I'm not the only one to get hot under the collar about these things.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-27846567896644231502009-09-14T15:16:06.406+01:002009-09-14T15:16:06.406+01:00This seems to be in response - partly - to Prof Pa...This seems to be in response - partly - to Prof Paul Wellings' September 2008 Report to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills - see: http://www.dius.gov.uk/higher_education/shape_and_structure/he_debate/~/media/publications/I/int_property_and_research_benefits_131008.<br /><br />In the financial year 2004-05, 72 institutions generated a measly £40.3 million from IP licences, options and assignments. It appeared to Prof Wellings that uncertainty and fraught negotations over IP ownership were a significant hurdle to conclusion of agreements. However, the relative proportions of income between Life Sciences, Pharamceuticals, Advanced Engineering, ICT and the Creative Arts and Design is unexamined.<br /><br />If the level of IP exploitation (see Wellings Recommendation 2) is to be considered in staff promotionand career development, the Creative Arts and Design establishments have a tussle on their hands. Few academics have genome labs in their garage, or particle accelerators - so their status as employees may make IP ownership relatively clear cut. But for painters, potters, film makers, musicians, writers, sculptors et al who teach at such higher education establishments as well as work in their own discipline, it may be a tough call exactly to identify the ownership position of work. <br /><br />On top of that, Recommendation 2 also suggests that IP policy should not be a disincentive to enterprise for undergraduates and post-graduate students. So far, so good. But Wellings also was of the very reasonable view that such students should be properly informed as to legal rights in relation to invention and enterprise. Now, surely that will be both an expertise problem for many higher education establishments and an opportunity for the legal profession.<br /><br />Or, of course, such institutions could offer IP as part of the course that are on offer.Harcourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559934150652903334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33253136235153046652009-09-14T14:53:03.708+01:002009-09-14T14:53:03.708+01:00"working with business should be included as ..."working with business should be included as a criteria". <br />Tut.Justin Wattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50284946260300620142009-09-14T14:46:57.989+01:002009-09-14T14:46:57.989+01:00Why should the IPO champion IP intensive companies...Why should the IPO champion IP intensive companies ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70445618957748153822009-09-14T14:40:58.406+01:002009-09-14T14:40:58.406+01:00Howard: World who, what? Some might say that, if y...Howard: World who, what? Some might say that, if you have to call something 'prestigious' , it probably isn't...Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-6168181057085941532009-09-14T13:51:24.938+01:002009-09-14T13:51:24.938+01:00Meanwhile, back in Davos, Switzerland, the prestig...Meanwhile, back in Davos, Switzerland, the prestigious World Economic Forums in its Global Competitiveness Report for 2009-2010 ranks Canada #18 in IP Protection, ahead of USA, Japan and UK. See p. 360.<br />http://bit.ly/2TwCSHoward Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-22342420075923342102009-09-14T13:34:12.846+01:002009-09-14T13:34:12.846+01:00Good to see that the CBI is highlighting the impor...Good to see that the CBI is highlighting the importance of IP to the UK economy. Not so sure about development finance - that sounds like a 1970s approach. More tax breaks sounds like a good idea.Mark Andersonnoreply@blogger.com