A group of us meet with the IPO’s economists. They are planning all sorts of research into
the impact of IP on the Economy. This is
good because there was a time when the Economy hardly knew IP existed or indeed
cared. These days it is getting more
interested, having realised that due to the difficulty in putting a value on
intangible assets, they are extremely useful for creating extra wealth when you
need it.
The IPO’s research will be bold and ground-breaking. For example, they are hoping to get
statistics on IP licensing and royalties.
So long as their respondents don’t complain that this looks more like
industrial espionage than research.
Some foreign IP offices are working with the IPO's economists too. So at CIPA we are pleased to be involved
because we are hoping to spread the word that if you need information about IP
in Europe, there is no better place to come than 95 Chancery Lane. We are also hoping to add in some industrial
espionage I mean research of our own.
For instance, we are going to suggest that the IPO spearheads a global investigation
into What the Germans Will Be Up to Next, as well as The International Impact
of Chartered Patent Attorneys Being Absolutely Brilliant.
At the personal level, I am hoping that the research into IP
and the Economy will reveal that my life has had some meaning after all, and
not, as my kids have always maintained, that it has been squandered on delusional
and ultimately meaningless navel-gazing.
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