WIPR survey: Readers highlight IP achievements
WIPR readers have highlighted some of the biggest IP achievements in light of World IP Day (April 26), which was celebrated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and across the world.
For our recent survey, we asked readers what’s the biggest achievement that the IP industry should be broadcasting.
World IP Day aims to increase the general understanding of IP—this year’s theme was “how innovation is making our lives healthier, safer, and more comfortable, turning problems into progress”.
One reader said that the industry should broadcast “solar energy and desalination”, while another noted the “IP protection of indigenous peoples”.
Another reader said that IP rights are the “glue of every research and development investment”.
They added that the industry should celebrate its ability to garner investment in start-up industries not yet producing viable products, such as 3D printing organs, completely driverless cars, augmented reality, and green energy.
“It is truly an endless list with countless life-saving potential, only possible because patents protect ownership rights turning innovation into assets of value,” they said.
One reader said that the industry should celebrate the fact that IP laws around the world have matured in such a way as to become “fairly similar and somewhat harmonised”.
However they went on to say that the issue of remedies available to litigants has remained problematic and has not been addressed.
“Remedies still differ widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and are often still subject to judicial discretion. This is why judges must begin crafting more appropriate IP remedies for our jurisdictions,” they added.
The US Copyright Office, in partnership with the Copyright Alliance, organised a discussion with musician Jason King and songwriter Steve Bogard, who spoke about the importance of recording technology as a tool of creativity on World IP Day.
In Hyderabad, India, the Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre held a conference to raise awareness about the appreciation of IP rights and innovation.
For this week’s survey question, we ask: "Following speculation over her position, do you think Michelle Lee will leave her post as director of the USPTO under the Trump administration?"
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