IPWatchdog: Predictions for 2020
IPWatchdog ran a trilogy of articles: roundups, predictions, and wishes. If you missed my earlier posts on the former two, you’ll find them here (http://bit.ly/2Qjy6QV) and here (http://bit.ly/2MShNsh). For the final post in the series, my top three were:
1. That past accomplishments will inspire today’s IP leaders to do even better.
IP leaders should draw inspiration from the wisdom and aplomb of those who made achievements like WIPO, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Hatch-Waxman Act possible. Many, if not all, of today’s most pressing IP challenges are at their core, human challenges, not legal ones;
2. That IP Offices will continue to evolve;
IP offices like the EU IP Office and IP Office of Singapore have evolved from registries to become innovation agencies that empower their customers with boundary-pushing tools and services, actively engage stakeholders in dialogue and educate, support business development. Others should do the same. A rising tide lifts all boats.
3. That stakeholders will learn to think, both fast and slow.
Public and private sector IP professionals can be slow in incorporating new learning and tools when compared with other industries. For instance, while the USPTO introduced economic analysis to guide C-suite level decision-making only in 2010, the FTC has benefitted from economic analysis since 1915, so it was encouraging to see that the USPTO announced in October that it would hire a senior level AI technical expert to help operationalize AI within the agency. One largely untapped resource is behavioral economics, which provides the tools to better understand how stakeholders decide as well as how they can be “nudged” to reach more socially beneficial outcomes from themselves and others.
Full article here: http://bit.ly/2toYWOC
