Media Coverage

In this Public Finance article, Helen Disney, chief executive of the Stockholm Network, discusses the last round of party conferences as we approach next year`s general election. Public Finance is a magazine for public sector managers, keeping public servants up to date with the latest information that affects their work, it is also available online at www.publicfinance.co.uk

Dr Meir Pugatch, director of research of the Stockholm Network, was featured in a news story covered by Managing IP in its weekly newsletter. The article reports on the European Patent Office`s new survey on green patents, which Dr Pugatch is organising. In the article, Dr Pugatch says "I`ve been exposed to the discussions about IP rights and compulsory licensing that have migrated from the pharmaceutical field to energy but so far they have not been based on empirical data…The survey tries to look at practices on licensing without any bias".

This article first appeared in MIP Week on 11 August 2009.

Free marketeers have been thrown into confusion by the collapse of the banks. In this Public Finance article, Helen Disney, chief executive of the Stockholm Network, looks at the Conservative Party`s proposals for dealing with the banking crisis. Public Finance is a magazine for public sector managers, keeping public servants up to date with the latest information that affects their work, it is also available online at www.publicfinance.co.uk

Three years ago, the Stockholm Network began to assess the degree of IP protection afforded to the IT sector in key markets around the world. The aim of the project was to inject more objectivity into debates about the strength of intellectual property rights as they affect the high-tech and IT sector. The project’s authors did this by developing an innovative statistical index. The Stockholm Network has now updated the index for 2008-09.

It concludes that the US still offers the highest level of protection, while the EU has the weakest. However, some countries and regions have made big improvements over the past three years: the EU has extended the duration of copyright from 50 to 70 years, while Singapore, France, Sweden, the UK, Brazil and Japan have all seen a decline in piracy rates.

Helen Disney, CEO and founder of the Stockholm Network, a pan-European think tank and network, last week addressed a business breakfast organised by The Malta Business Weekly at Le Meridien St Julians Hotel and Spa. This coverage features an interview with her by The Malta Business Weekly