The three years since the 2014 edition of the  ICC Intellectual Property Roadmap have seen many new developments which have had an impact on the world of intellectual property (IP).  The critical need to improve trade secrets protection resulted in the recent adoption of important new legislation in the EU and the US. Other areas of intellectual property also saw notable developments through case law and legislation, while an ICC report noted the trend for an increasing number of countries to establish specialised jurisdictions to resolve intellectual property disputes.

The 2017 edition of the ICC Intellectual Property Roadmap reflects all these and more changes in a substantially updated overview of key intellectual property policy issues. Sections on valuation and monetisation of IP assets, patents and standards, designs, trademark restrictions on packaging,domain names, plant varieties, information products, sustainable development, climate change, innovation and competition, as well as the chapter on developments having an impact on IP, have been largely rewritten, while important new information has been added to other sections.