20/04/2015
IAM Magazine, "The case for IP can only be fully made if its institutions are transparent and subject to independent oversight"
IAM Magazine comments on the lack of transparency and independent oversight of international IP offices such as the European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).It concludes that:
"No doubt, transparency and independent oversight look unattractive for many that work inside IP’s major institutions. Such reactions are understandable among people who, like most inside the IP world, entered the field when it had a very different, much lower profile. Nevertheless, I am afraid, that’s the way it has to be. We cannot hold off on doing the right thing because it discomfits certain people and interests.IP is too important for that."