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既にご存じの方も多いと思いますがEPOのAlison長官が来年6月の任期満了で引退するそうです。次の長官が誰になるかは未定です。EPO長官の引退やUSPTOの時期長官が誰になるかといった記事がIP関係のブログに多数あります。
ところで、今の日本特許庁長官が誰か知っていますか?私は知りません(鈴木長官?)
ビジネスモデル特許がEPOではほとんど特許として認められないというトピックもあります。
An oft-repeated statistic at the event was the fact that some 93 percent of business method patent applications to the EPO are rejected.
また、ビジネスモデルの”実際の重要性”について以下のような発表がありました。
a study that found while increasing a patent portfolio increases a firm’s survival chances, patents on pure business methods seem to have little impact on the firm performance, said Stephen Hey, principal director at EPO
面白いのは欧州大学関係者のIPに関する意見です。米国ではバイドール法の影響か、大学がIPの恩恵を享受していますが、欧州の大学ではIPを黒魔術扱いしています。
Gillian McFadzean, director of Technology & Research Services at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, said when “you talk to universities, they often have complaints about the IP system.”
They want to exploit their innovations to increase reputation and standing, attracting students and qualified researchers, she said. But the patent granting system is seen as taking too long or too confusing. “You might miss the optimum time to go to the market,” she explained, and there is a threat of litigation, which is a problem as people “don’t understand how the legal system works.” IP protection is seen as a “black art,” she added, and there’s a “need to break down that barrier” and bring IP into the creative and innovation system.
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