ASEAN needs to continuously attract the inflow of cutting-edge technology
through patent filings by assuring inventors and innovators that patents
granted in any of the AMSs have a high presumption of validity and
enforceability. With more patent filings in the region, there will be better
opportunity for technological information to eventually be diffused to local
businesses, which, in turn, will spur the growth of the technological and
innovative capacity of the region.