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90% of local patents applied for and granted come from nonresidents
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| THE countryâs patent landscape continues to
| be dominated by foreign owners, with data
| both from the World Intellectual Property
| Organization (Wipo) and the Intellectual
| Property Office of the Philippines (IP
| Philippines) indicating that over 90
| percent of the patents applied for and
| granted here were from nonresidents.
|
| Wipoâs 2009 World IP Indicators revealed
| that the Philippines had the third-largest
| number of patent applications among 20
| emerging countries that the group surveyed
| after the Ukraine and Indonesia.
|
| However, 96.4 percent of the patents
| granted in the Philippines were issued to
| nonresident filers.
|
| The report, which was based on the 2006
| worldwide statistics, also showed that 92.9
| percent of the patents filed in the
| Philippines were from nonresident filers.
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http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/economy/18693-90-of-local-patents-applied-for-and-granted-come-from-nonresidents.html
WIPO Launches Enhanced Patent Information Service
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| WIPO has launched an enhanced online patent
| information service that will improve
| public access to information on patents
| filed and granted around the world. WIPOâs
| PATENTSCOPEÂ, which currently hosts data on
| more than 1.6 million international patent
| applications filed under the Patent
| Cooperation Treaty (PCT), has been extended
| to include several collections of national
| and regional patent information.
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http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0051.html
Recent:
How Patents Are Harming Small Companies Too
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| One of the more annoying things about the whole debate on patent reform is
| that some have tried to position it as "small companies" vs. "big companies."
| That's not even close to true. While there have been plenty of high profile
| fights between patent holders vs. big companies, that's only a small part of
| the issue. And, in fact, it's often smaller, more innovative companies that
| are the most harmed by patents. Joe Mullin has a great post looking at how
| small mom-and-pop photo sharing sites are being hit with a bunch of patent
| infringement lawsuits.
|
| [...]
|
| What about the guy who can put a bunch of different ideas together to make a
| much better product, but is unable to because multiple patent holders all
| want a huge % of his earnings? Time and time again we hear stories of small
| businesses who feel the patent system is holding them back in significant
| ways -- and it's a true shame.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090601/0007575076.shtml
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