Patents Not Worth The Paper They Are Written On

Small companies in the UK are calling for better protection for their intellectual property, saying they cannot afford to pursue breaches in the courts.

The Forum of Private Business, a UK trade association representing a range of SMEs, wants the government to make it easier and less costly for small companies to defend patent rights. In a submission to the current Hargreaves Review of intellectual property (see UK announces wide reform of intellectual property laws) the Forum says its members have complained that breaches are going unpunished because of the steep costs involved in pursuing them in court.

In addition, the Forum says innovations are often manufactured under license outside the EU – with significant transfer of knowledge abroad, but no control over how it is used.

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