INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 
World IP Today
  • World IP Today: A Thomson Reuters Report On Global Patent Activity in 2007 highlights patent output from the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) plus China and South Korea.
  • World IP Today:A Thomson Reuters Report On Global Technology Innovations in 2007 reviews technology innovations developing globally in 2007, highlighting tri-lateral inventions or inventions that have been filed in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
Patent Focus Report

The Patent Focus Report is published annually and reviews recent activities within each of the world’s significant major patenting authorities.

  • 2008: Worldwide patent activities are at an all time high and still increasing, but are the major patent authorities coping? This report reviews key statistics and developments from 2007 for patents and patent owners in China, Europe, India, Japan and the United States.
  • 2007: A significant rise in patenting activity, and the struggle to deal with this workload, were common themes for patent issuing authorities around the world in 2006. This report examines these and other key developments in the world of patenting over the past twelve months, focusing on the Trilateral Patent Issuing Authorities of Europe, Japan and the USA, plus the increasingly important Chinese and Indian jurisdictions.
  • 2006: Patent owners and their advisers had a number of major developments to take on board during 2005. While the focus for most of them continued to be on the jurisdictions covered by the Trilateral Authorities ― the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office and the US Patent and Trademark Office ― both China and India grew ever more important. These two countries have offered major opportunities in R&D and manufacturing, both for domestic and foreign concerns, for some time. They are now establishing themselves as consumer markets of significance ― hence their inclusion in this review of 2005.
  • 2005: For patent owners operating in jurisdictions covered by the Trilateral Authorities—the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, and the US Patent and Trademark Office —2004 was a busy year. And 2004 patent legislation changes in India look set to trigger further debate and major industrial change.