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WIPO Releases Report on Worldwide IP Rights

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a report on intellectual property trends showing that the number of filed patent, trademark, and industrial design applications increased in 2007 ("World Intellectual Property Indicators 2009"). However, preliminary results for 2008 indicate that application filings dropped last year, a result not altogether surprising given the economic crisis that began in December 2007. Concerning the preliminary findings showing an IP downturn in 2008, WIPO Director General Dr. Francis Gurry noted that "[h]istory has shown . . . that companies and countries which continue to invest in new products...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).