The Future of the Patent System
IPRIA Public Seminars - generously sponsored by Davies Collison Cave and Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development, RegNet, The Australian National University
The patent system is under strain and is experiencing radical transformations in every respect. Economically, patent rights are perceived to be more valuable than ever, and the demand for patents outstrips the capacity of the major offices to service and process patent applications. Geographically, the biggest increases in demand are in North East Asia, leading to a growing body of prior art available only in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Technologically, the way in which patent offices are interacting with each other and with users is changing rapidly. Politically, the patent system is under much closer scrutiny from governments, the non-governmental sector and the general public. Where are these transformations leading in the short- and medium-term, and how might it be expected that they will play out?
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Date and Time: |
Monday 11th April 2005, 6.00 pm |
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Location: |
Davies Collison Cave, 1 Nicholson St, Melbourne 3000 |
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Speaker: |
Dr Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization |