Scenarios for the future

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English (with a foreword in German, English and French)

In the course of a two-year project, the EPO interviewed around 150 key players - including critics - from the fields of science, business, politics, ethics, economics and law, seeking their opinions on how intellectual property and patenting might evolve over the next fifteen to twenty years. Four scenarios - relevant and plausible stories about the future - were developed in a series of workshops from their answers. The results have been published as a compendium.