WIPO released the World IP Report, 2019, yesterday. The press release on WIPO's website states that millions of patents and scientific publications over decades were reviewed to arrive at its findings. At a general level, the IP Report's findings are as follows:
Innovative activity has become more collaborative and transnational over the years, but collaborations are limited to a few large clusters in a small number of countries.
69 percent of patents and 48 percent of scientific…