CRI 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Unified Patent Court, Patent Thicket, Patent Office
Document Summary
Digital opportunity: a review of intellectual property and growth. Ip law must adapt to change; copyright law has started to act as a regulatory barrier to the creation of new, internet based businesses. The ip framework needs to adapt in the interests of encouraging innovation and growth. Economic evidence should be used to frame policy decisions. The achievement of a unified patent court and patent system is top priority of a number of international initiatives. The world"s first digital copyright exchange: make it easier for rights owners, small and large, to sell licenses in their work and for others to buy them. Result will be a uk market in digital copyright which is better informed and more readily capable of resolving disputes without costly litigation. Government should take action to update copyright law in ways designed to increase consumer confidence in the way the law works.