FinlandThe evolving IP management landscape
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Finland is a substantially greater source of innovation than the small size of its population might indicate. Finnish companies and research and development (R&D) centres are actively involved in top R&D in several fields. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007, Finland has one of the highest R&D spends as a percentage of gross domestic product. As a direct result, the number of patent applications and patents granted is among the highest in the world per capita (see Figure 1). Furthermore, according to several recent studies Finland is among the top countries in the world in the field of patenting activity.
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