The debate over patent enforcement in the UK centres on the expensive nature of patent litigation and its impact on the use of the patent system by SMEs. However, in a number of recent policy documents, there is little evidence for the denial of access to justice claims made. This paper...

The issue of Patent enforcement in the UK has generated a lot of heat, but not much light in the last year. Despite the lack of comprehensive empirical evidence of demand, a number of policy documents have focused on facilitating affordable patent litigation for small and medium sized firms....