Story: BSA figures do not add up
Posted by: Ingrid Marson (Friday 1 July 2005, 7:03 PM)
I'm keen to respond to your points, but its not clear in the study on the BSA website (http://www.bsa.org/eupolicy/press/newsreleases/Study-Shows-Importance-of-CII-Patents-for-European-Small-And-Medium-Sized-Companies.cfm) what figures were used for the 20 percent figure - was it 2000, 2200 or 2560? Please can you direct me to the page in the study that refers to this adjustment in generating the percentage?
As for the definition of CII. Surely this error would also mean that you were equally likely to have overlooked CII patents in large companies? In which case the percentage wouldn't change, so I fail to see how this would impact my comments.
Regarding why I didn't contact you before writing the article, I contacted the BSA on each of these issues as they had publicised the study and were hosting it on their website. As they were your intermediary for publicising the study, it makes sense that they were my intermediary for explaining errors in the study.
Furthermore, the BSA told me that they were in contact with you over these issues.
Thanks for your comments.
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