000048820 000__ 02503cam\a22003735i\4500 000048820 001__ 48820 000048820 003__ SzGeWIPO 000048820 005__ 20240322214739.0 000048820 006__ m eo d 000048820 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000048820 008__ 240321s2013\\\\enk\\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000048820 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1427546197 000048820 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000048820 041__ $$aeng 000048820 24500 $$aIntellectual property activity worldwide – key trends, facts, and figures. 000048820 264_1 $$aNorthampton, England :$$bEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.,$$c2013. 000048820 300__ $$a1 online resource (Chapter 2, pp. 37-45). 000048820 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000048820 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000048820 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000048820 520__ $$aIn 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. 000048820 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000048820 650_0 $$aPatents (International law) 000048820 650_0 $$aPatents$$xLaw and legislation$$zChina. 000048820 650_0 $$aTechnological innovation. 000048820 650_0 $$aTrademarks. 000048820 650_0 $$aPatents. 000048820 7001_ $$aFink, Carsten,$$eauthor. 000048820 77308 $$iEmerging Markets and the World Patent Order$$aEdited by Frederick M. Abbott, Carlos M. Correa, and Peter Drahos$$dEdward Elgar$$z9781783471256 000048820 85641 $$uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/edcoll/9781783471249/9781783471249.00009.xml$$yView chapter 000048820 85641 $$uhttps://tind.wipo.int/record/27334$$yView eBook 000048820 903__ $$aLaw 2013 000048820 904__ $$aChapter 000048820 980__ $$aOS