The Impact of Tagging on Patents in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

In recent decades, the world has been undergoing profound and radical transformations in the digital age, affecting fields of innovation, including the patent system, which is a fundamental tool for protecting creativity and an effective driver of the knowledge economy. In this context, the concept of “tagging” technology has emerged as a modern digital tool used to organize, document, and protect digital information. However, integrating tagging into the patent system presents a set of promising opportunities and challenges, such as enhancing transparency, improving the efficiency of scientific research, tag accuracy, protecting rights, and the potential for information manipulation. Accordingly, this research paper aims to shed light on the impact of tagging in the field of patents in the digital age, by analyzing its advantages and highlighting the problems it raises.