A statistical analysis of evidence submitted to last year’s Gowers Review of intellectual property in the UK has found that the Review’s recommendations are largely aligned with the submissions received.
But only 6.7% of the submissions provided significant statistical data, according to the analysis conducted by Simon Moore of the Stockholm Network.
The Gowers Review received some 500 responses to the call for evidence. More than 250 of these were from organisations and these form the basis of the Stockholm Network study.
The study also found that only six submissions could be categorised as anti-IP, five of these concentrating on DRM and open-source software. Fair dealing and exceptions to IP rights were the most discussed topics.
