Is There a Global Warming of Patents?

• Autores: Joseph Straus
• Localización: Journal of world intellectual property, ISSN 1422-2213, Vol. 11, Nº 1, 2008, págs. 58-62
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The worldwide surge of patent applications has recently been called “global warming of patents”. In this article an attempt is made to test this equation with a clearly negative connotation by analyzing the multilayered reasons for that surge and its future perspectives. Solutions are sought for the resulting backlog of some three million worldwide pending patent applications.