The 3D printing revolution – coming to a home near you?
...process of producing three-dimensional solid objects from digital designs. 3D printers work in exactly the same way as your inkjet printer at home but, instead of ink, they deposit the...
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...worked in industry... surprisingly there was a good mix of both. Steve outlined IBM's long term strategy of support in the development of graduate courses; and the long term planning...
Bundles of joy
...shell to house the mechanism. This shell can be protected via a design right. Before going to market the firm will create a product/brand name protected via a trade mark....
Designing history: part 1
This year, the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) celebrated 10 years of the Community Design. The event celebrated a relatively new development in IP - the...
Shedding light on 'backlogs'
The Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid observed almost three centuries ago, There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. In the intellectual property field,...
Much ado about data
In the words of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: The most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. For economic analysis of IP, this is...
Economics of fast-tracked green patents
Today’s blog outlines the evaluation of the Fast-tracking Green Patent Applications authored by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, researcher at London School Economics (LSE), who presents his findings at the IPO today. Fast-track...
A blog by any other name
What is in a name? A blog by any other name would still tell as complete. As noted earlier, our name, IPO Facto is a play on IPO and ipso...
Open innovation: collaboration between business and universities - the Lambert Toolkit
I have written this blog along side guest author Rebecca Villis, IPO’s Head of Innovation Policy. It outlines the first major evaluation of the impact of the Lambert Toolkit ,...
Patent backlogs and Intellectual Property rights bundles
Today (20 May 2013) is the IPO sponsored 'Patent Research Workshop'. The event hosted by Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) will showcase three soon-to-be published reports from the IPO's...
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