Some good quotes: Orphaned works: There are opportunities too in respect of so-called orphan works (Recommendation 4). The Government agrees with the Revie

Some good quotes: Orphaned works: There are opportunities too in respect of so-called orphan works (Recommendation 4). The Government agrees with the Review’s fundamental premise that it benefits no-one to have a wealth of copyright works be entirely unusable under any circumstances because the owner of one or more rights in the work cannot be contacted. This is not simply a cultural issue; it is a very real economic issue that potentially valuable intangible assets are simply going to waste. The Government will this autumn bring forward proposals for an orphan works scheme that allows for both commercial and cultural uses of orphan works, subject to satisfactory safeguards for the interests of both owners of ‘orphan rights’ and rights holders who could suffer from unfair competition from an orphan works scheme. No software patents: The Government will resist extensions of patents into sectors which are currently excluded unless there is clear evidence of a benefit to innovation and growth from such extension Anti-patent trolls: IPO will investigate the scale and prevalence of issues with patent thickets, including whether they present a particular problem to SMEs seeking to enter technology sectors. IPO will then explore options for addressing any problems identified, which could include coordinated international changes to patent fee structures if the issues prove to be international in scope.