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Dr Patrick Dixon Chairman Global Change Ltd

Changingpaceofinnova.oninaglobalisedhigh-techworld-impactonpatentuse

Ins.tu.onalBlindness-beyonddata

Futureofhumanracedependsonrapidinnova3on

Patentsareafounda3onstoneofsocietyandvitalto

ourfuture

Protection

Disclosure

PatentProcessin2040?

Complexity and scale create risks

Title Text

Strategies and patent applications often

overtaken by events World can change faster than

you can hold a board meeting or a committee review

Agility

New Patent Cost / Time

Old Patent Cost / Time

Productscounterfeitedinweeksa=errelease-

hardtogetglobalpatentsfastenough

Americadelaysforover5yearswithfewstafftohandle400,000applica3onsayear

Internet of Things

• 90%Microso=R&D• SalesForceR&D>$3bnpa

CLOUD

ChallengetoIPmodelsfromopensourceandopeninnova3onculture

Patentsmeandisclosurewhichcano=endestroyanyadvantage

Most online sales will be MOBILE

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MobilePayment

• 1.7bnmobileusers-nobankaccount• Kenya-17mcustomersusemPesa• $9bnpa->33%GDP

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1.7bnphoneusersareunbanked

Free mobile devicescalls / web / TV / games / payHigher income model

201020132015

TelcoBanks

Hugepressureforfasterpatentapprovals

e.g.1yearfasttrackinUS

Indiamovingfrom5-7yearsto1-2yearspatentprocess

80%costsavingforstartups

3D scans - 3D printing

VW mega platformVWMegaPla]orm-basisfor1mcars

NanotechCoa3ngs

World too small for more than

2 airline manufacturers3 mobile operating systems

2 PC operating systems10 large pharma

5 large auto companies

Mostprotec3onfrompatentsisenjoyedbywealthyandpowerful

withresourcestoseekcourtprotec3onwhenneeded

250millionwearabledevicesby2023

$20bnto$70bnby2025

Repair Heart / Brain / Retina / Spine

Read your genes in 2 hours for

$2000

90% all global data generated in last 2 years

Sales of canned food in Mexico store = demand for more steel tins in China

Big Data

Radical Pharma

IP

Needfordrugpatentreform

PublishedpapersperyearinPubMeddoubledfrom2000-2013

DirectEuropeanPatentFilingsunderthePCT

EPOpatentfilings2015v2014growingslowlydespiteknowledgeexplosion

Patentsystemhasgreatestvalueifregistra3oniseasy,rapid,fairandaffordable-providingstronglegal

protec3onatreasonablecost

In1885,USpatentsper10,000peoplewere43mesinUKbecauseof

lowpatentfees

USpatentsperyear1883-2009

85% of world population will be living in emerging

markets in 10 years

Science,technologyengineering,

maths

MostSTEMgraduatesinemergingmarkets

$40 Trillion Green Tech Boom driven by oil price, cost cuts, green activism

75% global growth in green energy was in China in 2014

Solar cell generation parity

120,000 terawatts of sunlight /day 7,000 times total global power use Power Moscow from Libyan Desert

Why China will dominate wind power industry “40% EU power = wind by 2050”

Surplus wind to hydrogen - to methane ?

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InternetofThings-BigData-Cloud180bnspamemailsaday

600mnewviruses,malware,trojansayear>220mpeople’sdetailslostinsingleagack70%largecorpora3onshavebeenhacked

100,000agacksanhouronUSNavyParalysisofEstoniagovernmentin2007

WorriesaboutUS,Russia,Chinapenetra3on

Globalthe=ofindustrialsecretsongigan3cscale

Opportunityofleakageofdatafrompatent

officesisgreatestwhenprocessisslow

Riskofcyber-the=ofpatentapplica3ondata

-fromlawfirms,company,patentoffice

USshi=from“1sttoinvent”to“1sttofile”meansthiefcouldstealfromlawyerandbeatinventor’sapplica3on

Whatispointofowningapatentifyoudon’thavethefinancetoprotectitwithacourtac3on?

OrdefendagainstTrolls?

ePatenttrollsandnon-prac3cingen33esgaining$40mseglements

PatentTrolls

Startupsagackedwithlegers:“youareabusingour

patents”-pre-hearingprocesscantake3-4yearsandcosthugeamounts

Non-prac3cingen33esPatentli3ga3oninEU

Somepatenttrollssendingout1000legersaweek

Patentsshouldbeeasiertochallengewithoutcourtcase

Applehaspatentonrectangularpadwithroundedcorners!

PulltorefreshfeedonTwigerSendingvideoandaudiooverinternet

Singleclicktopurchaseabook

Patentsshouldbeforbignewandcompletelynon-

obviousideas,moredifficultforsmallsteps

Useitorloseitpatentproposals

PatentsystembrokenabusiveagacksbylargecompaniesforcesmallonestopaylicencefeesratherthantrytofightOnly5%ofpatentsresultinnewproducts/

servicesbecauseofhugecostsTechnicalknowledgehiddeninhardtoaccess

databases,andreadingpatentscreatesinfringementrisksforsmallbusinesses

PatentsystemreformFaster,lowercostprocessaidedbytechnologyFreeaccesstoallpatentdatabasesgloballyVeryrapiddecisionsforsimplerapplica3ons

HeavydiscountsforstartupsToughertestfor“non-obvious”originality

Firmac3onagainstpatenttrollsFurthereffortstointegrateinterna3onalpatents“Useitorloseit”-topreventlossofknowledge

Longerpatentswhereinvestmenthugeandpaybackshort

BuildingaBegerWorld

servingtomorrow’sinnovatorsmoreeffec.velyandencouragingfasterprogressforallhumanity

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Dr Patrick Dixon Chairman Global Change Ltd

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