Brett McGuire, being the IP guy that he is, highlighted a report from the World Intellectual Property Organization that found Indonesia only submitted seven, yes, seven, international patent applications in all of 2009. Compared to Malaysia’s 218 applications, this makes Indonesia look pretty much irrelevant in terms of creativity and innovation.
The main question that I have is, is this due to lack of creativity in innovation, invention, and discoveries or is it due to ignorance?
How many people in this country created something that’s absolutely new but has no idea how to patent it? Or afraid that it might be stolen so they don’t make it public? Which of those scenarios are more worrying?
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