Intellectual property and university-industry technology transfer in Europe and the U.S.

I survey the recent literature on the extent and characteristics of the phenomenon of academic patenting in the U.S. and Europe, and highlight differences and similarities between the two areas. I then examine the importance of academic patents as a vehicle for technology transfer, their commercial potential, and the systemic effects of the diffusion of intellectual property on the cumulative process of scientific enquiry.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Lissoni, Francesco
Published in:	ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE. - FrancoAngeli Editore, ISSN 0391-2078. - Vol. 2012/3.2012, 3, 3, p. 35-54
Publisher:	FrancoAngeli Editore
Subject:	Inventori accademici \| proprietà brevettuale \| università europee

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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