Reports
CIPU generates reports that summarize important research about IP awareness and perceptions.
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IP Education at Business Schools: An Evolving Landscape
Courses, Content and Instructors at Leading Management Programs
Over the past 20 years many of the elite MBA programs have expanded their intellectual property course offerings, but has made basic IP knowledge a requirement to graduate. IP course offerings remain elective at all of the top-20 U.S. business programs.
Among key findings of this CIPU business school report:
- The top 20 business schools offer a total of at least 44 IP courses
- Almost one-third of business schools offer only one course
- None have a required or core IP course
- Leader Harvard Business School offers six courses; Wharton offers five
- Lack of data make it difficult for many to support the IP education argument
- Some B-school educators do not believe that IP is best taught by lawyers
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IP Literacy in Asia: From Mobile Games to Creator Education
Emerging Trends in China, South Korea, Singapore and Japan
China, South Korea are Singapore have relatively new the intellectual property systems. Yet all three place a high priority on conveying IP basics to creators, entrepreneurs and consumers. This report summarizes some of their key initiatives.
Key findings include:
• National IP office and education institutions have made sizable investments
• There is an effort in their national education curricula to reach students early
• South Korea, Singapore and China IP systems are relatively new
• SK and Singapore have changed global perceptions in a few decades by increasing IP awareness
• Despite IP theft and questionable quality, China is strongly pro-IP in education, stressing national benefits
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The State of IP Education Worldwide: Seven Leading Nations
CIPU examines the types of IP awareness programs available in the U.S., UK, Japan, Korea, China, Germany and Sweden, and their impact.
Key findings of the report include:
- Fewer than half of the countries examined have IP-related curricula for K-12 students
- Japan and China are the only nations where IP education is occasionally required
- China, the last to develop IP-Ed activities, has been adopting them fastest
- Top IP Index performers, US and UK, are also leading IP-Ed providers
Awareness and Attitudes: A summary of Research and Data
There is a growing “disconnect” between consumers, intellectual property awareness and behavior. These findings were published in a CIPU summary of research and surveys focusing on a decade of IP awareness and attitudes in the U.S., Europe and Asia reveals
Key findings include:
- 31% of those who purchased counterfeits said that it was acceptable if no legal alternative was available
- Most people cannot accurately describe IP or IP crimes; they believed that if IP theft was a serious problem “they would see more news stories on the subject”
- There is a common perception that IP rights only benefit large corporations.
- 76% of the teaching staff surveyed in a UK study believe that IP should be taught, 69% of the students said they had received no IP education or did not know if they had
Report: Patterns in Media Coverage of Patent Disputes
CIPU’s analysis of 127 articles published in 2016 covering patent disputes for patterns in subjectivity. Media includes leading business, technology and general publications.
Key findings of the report include:
- 42% of media coverage are advocacy pieces written by authors promoting a political or business agenda
- 57% of case coverage of patent infringement in technology publications provide a single POV, plaintiff or defendant
- 42.5% of patent infringement coverage in the sample features either Apple or Samsung.
An infographic of more key findings.