Science|Business - The heads of the worlds five largest intellectual property offices agreed to move ahead on ten Foundation Projects, to provide a framework to support work-sharing, at a meeting in Guilin, China last week. [The IP5 are Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO), Korea (KIPO), China (SIPO) and the US (USPTO)]
The heads agreed the ten Foundation Projects are crucial in building a work-sharing environment and expressed their willingness to explore appropriate ways to speed up the process. The importance of transparency in the IP5 process was agreed, as was the need for effective communication among the five offices, particularly with and between examiners, and with stakeholders. Underlining the importance of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty in work-sharing, the five heads reaffirmed their commitment to collaborating with WIPO to improve the system, so its role can be further strengthened, as the vehicle for efficient work-sharing.
Hat Tip: Innovation Daily
Saturday, April 24, 2010
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Why not simply outsource all of our patent efforts to China? It will save a lot of time and effort since that is where US intellectual property is and will end up anyway. The United States can no longer offer IP protection to even the largest multi-national corporations.
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