2010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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).
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