知財統計資料

Patent statistics for decision makersのプレゼン資料がEPOのHPで公開されました。(LINK)

最近の不景気の影響など興味深いデータが入手できます。
プログラムの一例を下記に載せます。

Session: Impact of the economic crisis on patenting
Chair: Dominique Guellec, OECD

Detailed knowledge of local factors is important for valid international comparisons of domestic invention: the real value of the USPTO’s ‘Small Entity’ data.
Kevin Scally, University College Cork, Ireland
Presentation (PDF, 203 KB)

Patent activity at the USPTO during the current recession
Gerard Torres, USPTO
Presentation (PDF, 40 KB)

Impact of economic crises on patenting activity: lessons from the economic downturn in the beginning of the 2000s
Hans Lööf, Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Presentation (PDF, 873 KB)

Session: Patent quality (1)
Chair: Roger Burt, IBM UK

Validity of European patents: the DM&S opposition quality indicator
Christoph Laub, EPO
Presentation (PDF, 257 KB)

Financial patenting in Europe: an analysis of filing, grant, and opposition
Grid Thoma, University of Camerino, Italy
Presentatio n (PDF, 69 KB)

Session: Patent quality (2)
Chair: Roger Burt, IBM UK

Applications, grants and renewals - legal status information and citations
Rainer Frietsch, Fraunhofer Insitute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany
Presentation (PDF, 250 KB)

Changing pattern and functions of applications and citations at the European Patent Office
Ulrich Schmoch, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany
Presentation (PDF, 101 KB)

Session: Shining the light on the patent system
Chair: Kazuyuki Motohashi, The University of Tokyo, Japan

SMEs as patent applicants in France
Laurence Joly, INPI, France
Presentation (PDF, 52 KB)

An application of patent statistics - some insight into filing strategies
James Pearce and Janis Jekabsons, EPO
Presentation (PDF, 755 KB)

Uncertainty in the patent system - the role of concurrent patenting and standardisation activities
Florian Köhler, Berlin Technical University, Germany
Presentation (PDF, 102 KB)

The use of time in patent families: exploring applicants strategies
Catalina Martínez, Institute for Public Goods and Policies, CSIS, Spain
Presentation (PDF, 189 KB)

Darby Joseph Robinson氏 別事務所へ（メモ）

(LINK)
New York IP boutique Darby & Darby has lost two partners to McDermott, Will & Emery. The departures of Joseph Robinson and Robert Shaffer were announced Wednesday. Robinson said the move would allow the pair to provide their clients with a full-service international practice. "I don't think we could have that at Darby," he said.

米国 特許法律事務所の新たなサービス

米国企業の多く、特に企業内部に知財部門を有する企業の多くは出願業務の大部分を企業内でまかなっていると聞いています。
(LINK)

　日本企業の日本での特許出願は毎年40 数万件と世界一
　多いが、その内、企業内で出願を行うのは10% くらいで、
　90% は外部の日本特許事務所に出願業務を依頼し、この比
　率は米国への外国出願についても大体同じである。つまり、
　日本の特許法律事務所では日本企業の出願業務の仕事がほと
　んどで、その上に外国企業からの日本出願もある。
　　これに反し、米国の特許法律事務所の場合は全く反対で、
　米国企業自身が企業内で出願業務を行うのが90％位もあり、
　外部の米国特許事務所に出願業務を委託する量は10％位し
　かない。

法律事務所が乱立する米国で、新たな仕事を獲得するためには新たな領域への進出が必要なのでしょうか。
(LINK)

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Outside GC Launches Patent Firm, Patent GC LLC
BOSTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Outside GC, the pioneer and national leader in
on-demand in-house counsel services, today announced the launch of its sister
firm, Patent GC (www.patentgc.com).

Co-Founded with Peter Gordon, a veteran patent lawyer who left Fish &
Richardson to launch the new firm, Patent GC will provide its clients with
partner-only patent counsel at rates that are dramatically lower than
traditional patent firms while providing best-in-class service. Leveraging
Outside GC's high value model, Patent GC will be comprised exclusively of
patent lawyers with significant in-house experience who have practiced law for
at least ten years.

2010年の米国企業のIP関係支出は今年以上に落ち込むという予測もあるようですので当然の業務拡張なのかもしれないですね。
(LINK)
US corporate spend on external IP advice set to fall further in 2010
United States - Latest news

October 09 2009

A new survey of corporate counsel at leading US companies projects a 4.3% drop in overall spending on external legal advice next year; this is on top of the 10.8% fall for 2009. The study predicts a sharp contraction in a number of practice areas, with IP transactional work reportedly set to shrink by 8.6%.