• info@aurorapatents.com
Aurora Consulting
  • Home
  • Services
    • Patent Portfolio Strategy
    • Patent Search and Analysis
  • About
    • Team
      • Ashley Sloat, Ph.D.
      • Kristen J. Hansen, M.S.
      • Ty F. Davis
      • Alisa McCarthy
      • Josh Sloat
      • Sophia Hsin-Jung Li, Ph.D.
      • David Jackrel, Ph.D.
    • Testimonials
    • Work Examples
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Services
    • Patent Portfolio Strategy
    • Patent Search and Analysis
  • About
    • Team
      • Ashley Sloat, Ph.D.
      • Kristen J. Hansen, M.S.
      • Ty F. Davis
      • Alisa McCarthy
      • Josh Sloat
      • Sophia Hsin-Jung Li, Ph.D.
      • David Jackrel, Ph.D.
    • Testimonials
    • Work Examples
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Careers
  • Contact

​​Patently Strategic Musings

Is the U.S. Slipping on the World’s IP Stage?

3/6/2017

0 Comments

 
By Ashley Sloat, Ph.D., President of Aurora Consulting LLC
In February 2017, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its 5th annual International IP Index. The index is used to score 45 global economies, representing roughly 90% of global GDP, based on six categories of IP protection: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and market access, enforcement, and ratification of international treaties.  

One of the most interesting tidbits from this report is not that the U.S. is ranked first, but that several economies are rapidly gaining on the U.S. The U.K., Germany, Japan, Sweden, and France are all within two points of the U.S. ranking, some within a fraction of a point. Now of course, it is great that other economies are strengthening protections and values around IP; this is desireable in a global economy. What is disheartening is that the U.S. is seemingly becoming a place of uncertainty, at least in certain respects, when it comes to IP. This uncertainty is in large part due to changes brought about by the America Invents Act (2011) and the recent courts cases: Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (2014) and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (2012).

In fact, the report states: “looking at the results for Category 1: Patents, Related Rights, and Limitations, the U.S. falls from 1st to 10th behind most European economies included in the Index as well as Singapore and Japan.” p. 18.
​

The report cites new difficulties encountered by patent owners in post-grant proceedings and achieving patent protection for software and biological innovations. I absolutely agree - and we encounter these difficulties almost everyday in our practice (although we are able to fight our way through them frequently!).

The silver-lining is that the ship has not sunk yet and as more court cases are decided, more adjustments will be made to the framework, hopefully helping patent owners regain some of the footing that was lost.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Ashley Sloat, Ph.D.

    Startups have a unique set of patent strategy needs - so let this blog be a resource to you as you embark on your patent strategy journey.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

AURORA

Portfolio Strategy Services
Patent Search Services
Contact
​
Events
Testimonials
Disclaimer
​Careers
Podcast
​
Newsletter
​RISE Award
​
Resources

TEAM

Ashley Sloat, Ph.D.
Kristen J. Hansen, M.S.
​Ty F. Davis
​Alisa McCarthy
Josh Sloat
​Sophia Hsin-Jung Li, Ph.D.
Aurora Consulting
© Copyright 2013-2021  |  Aurora Consulting LLC ​​