Cost of patent backlogs

The headline speeches from the launch event for the study into the cost of patent backlogs can be viewed below:

• John Alty
  Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Property Office.
• David Lammy MP
  Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property.
• David Kappos
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
• Paula Ramada
  Divisional Director, London Economics.
• John Cridland
  Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
• Alison Brimelow
  President of the European Patent Office.
• Koichi Minami
  Deputy Commissioner, Japan Patent Office.