§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish the latest figures for spending on patent royalties for the United Kingdom and the other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.
§ Mr. MaudeNo information is available on expenditure on patent royalties within the United Kingdom, but figures are compiled and published annually on the United Kingdom's overseas royalties and similar transactions. An article inBritish Business of 4 September 1987, page 24, gives the most recent data.
Information compiled by the OECD from reports by national authorities on foreign expenditure on intellectual property by OECD countries is given in the table. Information on expenditure within each country on intellectual property is not available for OECD countries.
412Wof ball point pens, pencils and parts (859.21), the percentage exported and the share of the domestic market taken by imports in each year since 1975.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe available information for SITC code 895.21 is as follows:
OECD countries: Foreign expenditure on intellectual property1 in 1985 US $ million United Kingdom 598 United States 847 Japan 2,361 Germany 1,207 France 979 Italy 1,533 Canada 2753 Austria 115 Belgium/Luxembourg 388 Denmark 161 Finland 107 Netherlands 546 Norway 76 Portugal 33 Spain 236 Sweden 285 Australia 256 Source: OECD. 1 The amounts relate to foreign transactions in patent royalties, licences, trade marks and copyrights. There are variations in coverage between countries. 2 Relates to 1984.