- How IP is challenged and enforced
(a) Are there specific problems with enforcing the main different forms of IP: patents, copyright, trade marks, and designs?
(b) Are there barriers to challenging infringement and enforcing your IP rights on grounds of cost? What drives these costs?
(c) To what extent does your organisation make use of other methods than litigation to resolve IP infringement cases, for example the Patent Office opinion service, mediation services, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or the Copyright Tribunal?
(d) To what extent do you use IP litigation insurance? How effective is it?
(e) Are there barriers to using such methods to settle IP disputes without recourse to litigation? How might they be removed?
(f) Are there specific barriers to challenging and enforcement of IP rights for small businesses or individuals?
(g) To what extent is the risk of litigation a factor in your organisation’s investment in innovation?
(h) What are the principal barriers to efficient and successful challenge and enforcement internationally?
Gowers Review of Intellectual PropertyAt the Enterprise Conference on 2 December 2005, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that, as part of the Pre-Budget Report 2005 package, he was asking Andrew Gowers to lead an Independent Review to examine the UK's intellectual property framework. The Open Rights Group has been formally invited to participate. We are currently drafting our submission and wish to include your thoughts and opinions. We have reproduced the Call for Evidence below and invite you to contribute - just hit 'respond' next to the paragraph you wish to comment on. Many of the questions asked by Andrew Gowers in this review are very focused, but you should feel free to comment on the issues and the wider implications rather than feel obliged to provide specific answers. If you want to talk about issues not raised by this call for evidence, please do - just leave your comments on the Introduction. |
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April 21st, 2006 at 15:33
COST, COST, COST.