@article{48820,
      author = {Fink, Carsten,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48820},
      title = {Intellectual property activity worldwide – key trends,  facts, and figures.},
      abstract = {In 2011, more patents were filed at the patent office of  China than at any other office in the world. In the 100  years before 2011, only four patent offices had occupied  this position – those of Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union  and the United States (US). Before 2011, China already  accounted for most filings of utility models, trademarks  and industrial designs. The rise of China is probably one  of the most significant shifts in the international  intellectual property (IP) system in recent history.  However, it is not the only shift. The purpose of this  chapter is to document the main trends, facts, and figures  about intellectual property activity worldwide. In doing  so, it intends to provide the context in which firms take  decisions on intellectual property and governments adapt  intellectual property policies. Invariably, the shifting  patterns of IP use described here have far-reaching  consequences for knowledge creation, knowledge diffusion,  industrial organization, technological progress, economic  growth, policy formulation, and IP office operations. This  chapter does not explore these consequences, but seeks to  provoke others to do so.},
      recid = {48820},
      pages = {1 online resource (Chapter 2, pp. 37-45).},
}