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Analysing the Impact of IP Technical Assistance
This study aims to assess to what extent developed country technical assistance programmes are likely to have interacted with, and potentially contributed to the promotion of country-appropriate sustainable changes in intellectual property strategies and technological capacities over the period 2005-10. It does this primarily on the basis of Intellectual property technical assistance impact assessments of four emerging and transition economies; namely Brazil, India, Poland and Thailand and an overview of intellectual property technical assistance in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date
published: 2 June 2011
Author(s): Dr. Roya Ghafele (Oxford University)
An Analysis of the Association between the Use of Intellectual Property by UK SMEs and Subsequent Performance
This report analyses a 2001 cohort of UK SMEs. The specific focus is on the link between IP activity in 2001 and subsequent performance (to 2004).
Commissioned
by: IPO; UKTI (UK Trade & Investment)
Date
published:
October 2007
Author(s): Mark Rogers (Harris Manchester College and Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre), Christine Greenhalgh (St Peters College and Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre) and Christian Helmers (Wolfson College, Oxford University).
An Analysis of the Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises that use Intellectual Property
This report documents the creation of a major new database that links IP activity to all UK firms. It then analyses the characteristics of IP active firms, with a specific focus on SMEs.
Commissioned by: IPO; UKTI (UK
Trade
& Investment)
Date published: October 2007
Author(s): Mark Rogers (Harris Manchester College and Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre), Christian Helmers (Wolfson College, Oxford University) and Christine Greenhalgh (St. Peter's College and Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre).
Attitudes and Behaviours of Consumers in the Digital Age: Policy Bulletin
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy proposes a new framework for looking at the consumption decisions made by consumers. This interdisciplinary conceptual framework views all types of consumer behaviour, both legal and illegal, as a rational response to a particular set of choices.
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): SABIP
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Challenges Affecting the Use and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Major issues and challenges in the field of enforcement and litigation are outlined and a summary of important theoretical and empirical results is given. Prepared for the UK IP Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009.
Commissioned
by: IPO; SABIP
Date
published: May 2009
Author(s): Dietmar Harhoff
Challenges to the Patent System
The patent system is regarded by some as anti-innovative and a barrier to the distribution of generic medicines in developing countries, with defenders of the existing system refusing to see the potential benefits of change. There are also calls to develop industry-specific patents. Yet valuable patented technologies are often unexploited. A global patent system could cut costs, reduce errors, promote harmonisation and provide effective worldwide protection. At the same time there are worries about the reluctance of governments to change national systems. Yet more coordination is inevitable.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published:
2010
Author(s): Giuseppina D'Agostino
Changing Attitudes and Behaviour in the 'Non-Internet' Digital World and their Implications for Intellectual Property
A review of changing attitudes and behaviour towards non-internet sharing of digital media. The report identifies a new framework for looking at the consumption decisions made by consumers.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: January 2010
Author(s): BOP Consulting
Changing Business Models in the Creative Industries
This research examines the business model response to the change from analogue to digital in the creative industries.
Looking at both traditional and emerging business models, the project focuses on three sectors: television, computer games and music.
A series of six case studies, two from each sector, provide illustrative cases of the business model response to challenges to enforcement of copyright and the advent of digital technologies.
Commissioned
by: IPO / ESRC
Date
published: 19 October 2011
Author(s): Dr. Nicola Searle
This report was one of two presented and discussed at the Informing Copyright Policy workshop held at the UK Big Innovation Centre on the 19 October 2011.
This note of proceedings highlights the key points which emerged and provides some brief reflections on them.
Date published: 29 November 2011
Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour in the Digital Age: Research Options
In early 2010, BOP Consulting was commissioned to identify relevant research options available to generate longitudinal data about consumer attitudes and behaviour. This short report sets out BOP’s proposals and provides indicative timescales and costs.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): BOP Consulting
Copycats? Digital Consumers in the Online Age
An evaluation of web-based digital consumer behaviour and attitudes and their implications for intellectual property policy. Commissioned by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, it aims to provide a robust evidence base to help guide policy makers in this strategic area.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: May 2009
Author(s): Robin Hunt, Peter Williams, Ian Rowlands and David Nicholas (CIBER team, University College London).
Copyright and Contract Stakeholder Workshop 3 March 2010: Report of Proceedings
This report of proceedings highlights the key points emerging from the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy’s stakeholder workshop on the relationship between copyright and contract law, which took place on 3 March 2010.
Date published: March 2010
Author(s): SABIP
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The Economics of Design Rights
Design is of key importance to the UK economy, with £33.5billion spent on design in 2008. This importance prompted the IPO to commission a set of research projects around design rights which has been produced in four chapters.
The first chapter looks at where design activity takes place in the UK, how it is purchased (bought externally or created internally) and how registered rights are used.
The second chapter looks at the impact registered design rights have on business performance, given a UK or EU design registration.
The third chapter is a survey looking at the reasons for the behaviour of firms when interacting (or not as the case may be) with the IP framework for design.
The fourth chapter is an international comparison of design systems in the UK, France and Germany.
Design council event, 21
Stepember 2011
Audio
coverage of all presentations given during the days event are now available.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: September 2011
Author(s): Various - as stated below
- Chapter
1
(2.21Mb) - Jonathan Haskel, Imperial College Business School and CEPR
Annarosa Pesole, Imperial College Business School - Chapter
2 (626Kb) - Elif Bascavusoglu-Moreau
and Bruce S. Tether,
Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London - Chapter
3 (869Kb) - Dr James Moultrie,
Finbarr Livesey
- Chapter
4 (865Kb) - BOP Consulting
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The Economic Value of Intellectual Property: An Agenda for Policy-Relevant Research
Report of proceedings of June 2009 Forum on the Economic Value of IP: Use and value of IP rights; challenges affecting IP rights; IP system and its role in innovation and economic performance; policy implications and further research.
Date published: November 2009
Author(s): IPO, SABIP
The Economic Value of Intellectual Property: Research Agenda and Plan of Action
This report summarises the findings from the Forum on the Economic Value of IP and provides a basis for driving forward the work programme through building partnerships and strengthening networks.
Date published: November 2009
Author(s): IPO, SABIP
The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation: A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research
A critical overview of the theoretical and empirical economic literature on copyright and unauthorised copying. This report aims to identify gaps in evidence and options for further research.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: May 2010
Author(s): Christian Handke (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands).
Exploring the Case for Simplification of the Copyright Framework
Report of Proceedings of the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy’s workshop exploring the case for simplification of the UK's copyright legal framework held 16 July 2009.
Date published: February 2010
Author(s): SABIP
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Fake Nation? A Study into Everyday Crime
This publication details the background, empirical and analytical research undertaken during the Intellectual Property Theft and Organised Crime (IPTOC) project and provides a robust insight into contemporary consumption of counterfeit/pirated goods and illegal downloading.
Commissioned by: UK Patent Office (now IPO), Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF), British Video Association (BVA), British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Business Software Alliance (BSA), Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
Date published: 2005
Author(s): Dr Jo Bryce, Dr Jason Rutter
Film, Television & Radio, Books, Music and Art: UK Investment in Artistic Originals
This report reviews the definition of artistic originals and official estimates of investment in originals as recorded in the UK National Accounts. New data are also used to estimate the value of the UK stock of artistic originals. The report concludes that approximately £1.1bn more was invested in original artistic work in the UK in 2008 than had previously been estimated. Combining these data with new depreciation rates suggests an upward revision of £3.5bn to the UK stock of artistic originals in 2008.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: July 2011
Author(s): Peter Goodridge & Jonathan Haskel
The Flow of Knowledge from the Academic Research Base into the Economy: the Use and Effectiveness of Formal IPRs and "Soft IP" in UK Universities
This report focusses on the use of formal intellectual property rights (IPRs) and “soft IP” as the new ideas and creative expressions developed by academic researchers are put into use. It carries out a theoretical and empirical investigation of the analytical framework developed by SABIP on the flows of knowledge between the universities’ research base and commercial and social use, and proposes new ways to articulate this framework more fully.
Commissioned by: SABIP
Date
published: October 2010
Author(s): Birgitte Andersen and Federica Rossi
- Download PDF (323Kb)
- Supporting
video and slides
provided by Birkbeck University of London - Seminar
- Notes of Proceedings: 17 December 2010 (100Kb)
Future Copyright Development
This project engaged rights holders and users in a review of the copyright system to help set an agenda for future copyright policy.
Commissioned by: IPO, COI
Date
published: May 2009
Author(s): BMRB Social Research
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Google Books - A Policy Panel Event
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy organised a panel debate in February 2010 to discuss the issues raised by the proposed Google Books settlement. It was attended by representatives from Google, authors, publishers, the EC, and a wide array of stakeholders from the UK creative community.
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): SABIP
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The Hidden Marketplace - Protecting Intellectual Property in the Workplace
Research into IP infringement in the workplace: awareness, attitudes and enforcement.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: December 2008
Author(s): Patricia Lennon
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The Impact of the Patent System on SMEs
Draws on UK, European and US data sources to consider the propensity of SMEs to patent their innovations. Shows that small firms are less likely to use patents as a means of protecting their investment than other means such as confidentiality, secrecy or being first to market with a new idea. Small firms in the US are twice as likely to patent innovations. Patents are seen as an increasingly important factor in investment decisions by venture capitalists, which may influence patenting decisions in the future.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): Alan Hughes and Andrea Mina
Intellectual Property and Developing Countries - A Review of the Literature
This literature review supports the UK IPO and DfID in assessing the impact of IPRs in developing countries, in the context of the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the development of TRIPS-plus standards.
Commissioned
by: DflD,
IPO
Date published: December 2009
Author(s): RAND Europe
Intellectual Property Enforcement in Smaller UK firms
Research into the attitudes and practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro firms with regard to the enforcement of intellectual property, as well as the cost implications of the present IP enforcement system in the UK. Uses both an online survey and a phone survey, and information on Patents and Registered Design cases listed for hearings in the Patents Court from 2003 to 2009.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: October 2010
Author(s): Christine Greenhalgh, Jeremy Phillips, Robert Pitkethly, Mark Rogers
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the UK Market Sector
This report estimates
(a) the level of UK market sector investment in knowledge assets protected by Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and
(b) the impact of investment in those assets via their contribution to labour productivity growth in the UK market sector. Estimates for investment and the stock of IPR capital are based on previous work and includes new estimates for investment in artistic originals, funded by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and featured in the accompanying report.
We also comment on additional spending on IP-protected goods that do not represent investments, although the coverage of this category is far from complete. Our main findings are:
1) On average, between 2000 and 2008, 48% of knowledge investment in the UK market sector was protected by IPRs
2) The majority of IPR investment is on assets protected by copyright and design rights
3) In 2008 approximately 62% of the stock of knowledge assets in the UK market sector was protected by IPRs
4) On average, between 1990 and 2008, 10.6% of growth in labour productivity was due to growth in capital deepening of IPR-protected assets. Comparable figures for ICT equipment and knowledge capital not protected by IPRs are 11.1% and 10.3% respectively.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: July 2011
Author(s): Shikeb Farooqui, Peter Goodridge, Jonathan Haskel
The Intellectual Property Rights System and its role in Innovation and Economic Performance
Presented at the UK Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009. A review of arguments for and against intellectual property rights as a spur to innovation.
Commissioned
by: IPO, SABIP
Date published: 2009
Author(s): Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School and National Bureau of Economics Research).
International Perspectives on Moral Rights - A Policy Panel Event
A report summarising the proceedings of an event held on 23 March 2010, exploring international perspectives on moral rights from the perspective of the UK, the USA, France and developing countries. Practitioner perspectives are provided from musicians, photographers, the BBC and Nokia.
Date published: 2010
Author(s): SABIP
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Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition
An analysis of the recent evolution of patent backlogs and assessment of the impact that patent backlogs may have on the patent system, incentives to innovate and the economy. Further information can be found on our Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition pages of our website.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: January 2010
Author(s): London Economics
Patents and Industrialisation
A critical survey of patent systems from in the first phase industrialisation (1624-1907) with a special focus on the British case. The recent literature has shed light on a number of fundamental factors affecting the links between inventive activities and the patent system. The concluding section of the paper outlines some "history lessons" for the current debate on the role of patent in economic development.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): Christine MacLeod and Alessandro Nuvolari
Patents in the Global Economy
Examines the following issues in the context of the role of patents in the global economy: (i) whether patents can be used as a stimulus for invention and innovation; (ii) the role of patents in recently industrialised countries; (iii) the impact of patents on development; (iv) the role of licensing and technology transfer; (v) the impact of the TRIPS Agreement; (vi) public health issues; and (vii) prospects for the future: using patent information to stimulate invention and innovation.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): Duncan Matthews
Private Copying and Fair Compensation
A study on the operation of levies on copying media and equipment in the EU. This report offers the first independent empirical assessment of the European levy system as a whole.
The research consolidates the evidence on levy setting, collection and distribution; reviews the scope of consumer permissions associated with levy payments; and reports the results of three product level studies (printer/scanners, portable music/video/game devices, and tablet computers), analysing the relationship between VAT, levy tariffs and retail prices in 20 levy and non-levy countries.
Commissioned
by: IPO / ESRC
Date
published: 19 October 2011
Author(s): Professor Martin Kretschmer
- Report (635Kb)
- Study
1: Legal and policy context (457Kb)
- Study 2: Empirical
effects of copyright
levy schemes (845Kb)
- Study 3: Economic rationales (327Kb)
This report was one of two presented and discussed at the Informing Copyright Policy workshop held at the UK Big Innovation Centre on the 19 October 2011.
This note of proceedings highlights the key points which emerged and provides some brief reflections on them.
Date published: 29 November 2011
Proposed Changes to Exemptions from Public Performance Rights in Sound Recordings and in Performers' Rights: Amending the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
This report is concerned primarily with the exemptions that charities and other not-for-profit organisations enjoy in relation to paying royalties for the use of copyright broadcast and recorded music. Changes to current arrangements are being considered.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: June 2009
Author(s): Europe Economics
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The Relationship Between Copyright and Contract Law
A review of the relationship between copyright and contract law addressing both supply- and demand-side issues. It covers legal and economic perspectives on copyright and contracts.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): Martin Kretschmer (Bournemouth University), Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham), Marcella Favale (University of Nottingham), Richard Watt (Canterbury University).
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The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) 2009-10 Annual Report
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy
(SABIP) was established in June 2008, as an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body. SABIP's objective was to give Ministers and the Chief Executive of the IPO independent policy advice
based on solid evidence.
The report covers the period from
1 April 2009 to 30 July 2010 when SABIP was dissolved.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2011
Author(s): SABIP
SABIP Work Programme 2010-2011
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy's work programme for 2010/11.
Date published: March 2010
Author(s): SABIP
Scoping Study: Artist's Resale Right
A study into the likely impact of the implementation of the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art.
Commissioned by: UK
Patent Office
Date published: October 2005
Author(s): IP Institute
Sprucing up Patent Law
This paper focusses on UK patent law, mainly the Patents Act 1977, but its comments may apply elsewhere too. The essay examines how patents should reward the right activity, under the right conditions, to the right extent, and with the right level of enforcement.
Commissioned by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): David Vaver
Strategic Priorities For Copyright
Background on the copyright system and identification of areas of strategic importance in the field of copyright, as identified by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy.
Date published: March 2009
Author(s): SABIP
A Study into the Effect on the UK Art Market of the Introduction of the Artist’s Resale Right
An assessment of the impact on the UK art market of the introduction of Artist’s Resale Right (ARR). The costs to business and collecting societies of administering the right and the benefits to artists are considered.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: January
2008
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 1 Copyright and Design Rights Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 2 Patent Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 3 Trade Marks Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson, 30 October 2009
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
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Trade Mark Incentives
This report investigates potential links between trade marking and performance. The researchers document an overview of corporate trade marking activity in Britain, analyse the role of trade marks in the innovation process for firms and their impact on households, and explore possible links between trade marking and branding.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: July 2011
Author(s): Mark Rogers & Christine Greenhalgh
Trends and Distribution of Intellectual Property: UK and European patents and UK trade and service marks 1986-2000
This paper covers aggregate trends in patents and trade marks, trends in IP ownership by panels of UK firms. correlation between activity levels in types of IP, evidence on firm size and intellectual property. and implications for policy and research.
Commissioned by:
UK Patent Office
Date published: 2003
Author(s): Christine Greenhalgh, Mark Longland, Derek Bosworth
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UK Intellectual Property Awareness Survey 2010
This report presents findings from the second UK IP Awareness Survey, giving an accurate benchmark indication of the state of IP awareness in the UK across all sizes of firm and all sectors of industry.
Commissioned by: IPO
Date
published: March 2011
Author(s): Dr. Robert Pitkethly (St. Peter's College & Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre Oxford University)
UK Intellectual Property Awareness Survey 2006
This preliminary report presents the initial findings from the first UK IP Awareness Survey, giving an accurate benchmark indication of the state of IP awareness in the UK across all sizes of firm and all sectors of industry.
Commissioned by: IPO
Date
published: 2006
Author(s): Dr. Robert Pitkethly (Said Business School Oxford University & Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre St. Peter's College)
The Use and Value of Patent Rights
Prepared for the UK IP Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009. This paper considers how firms use patents and the value of patents.
Commissioned by: IPO,
SABIP
Date published: June 2009
Author(s): Bronwyn H. Hall
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© The Way Ahead: A Strategy for Copyright in the Digital Age
This work looks ahead to how copyright can tackle the challenges of the digital age, drawing on previous work including Digital Britain and the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, on international perspectives and views from stakeholders.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): BIS, IPO