What's wrong with IP today?

IP Landscaping is what I really take issue with. Aside from the aforementioned issues on patent statistics, do IP people think business people are interested in completely abstract numbers, and ‘competitive intelligence' that's obvious, old and nothing more than you could get from press releases? For a start, the technology industry thinks and plans for about 18 months ahead of today. Patent applications aren't published for 18 months. That means they are 3 years out-of-date when it comes to making strategic decisions. And the landscape reports themselves are mumbo-jumbo, impossible to read much less action. (blog)  "What's wrong with IP today?" January 12, 2010

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