Les normes et les brevets sont tous les deux des dispositifs essentiels du développement des innovations. Depuis plusieurs décennies, leur rapprochement au sein des comités de normalisation en matière de télécommunications est devenu crucial pour la construction de normes d'inter...

We observe for several decades a general strengthening of intellectual property rights. This environment crystallizes the tensions around patents, copyright and trademarks. We present the various factors that have contributed to this situation with a focus on the digital world and especially the...

In this article the aim is to analyse new conflicts between technical standardization developed in Standard Setting Organizations (SSO) and intellectual property rights. More precisely, we start with few past examples of conflicts (GSM and other standards) and we put in light the tremendous...

The aim of this article is to analyse the way French biotechnology firms evolve. Our study relies on the American example where the biotechnology industry emerged during the 80?s. We shed light on two institutional factors which have induced the American success : intellectual property and...

L'innovation des entreprises passe depuis une période récente par de nouveaux canaux instaurés via Internet : les plateformes d'innovation. De telles structures d'intermédiation mettent en relation des entreprises en panne de solution pour leur R&D avec des internautes du monde entier...

[eng] This article deals with the issue of the software patentability and the case law evolution in the United States in this area. From the beginning of the 80's, many key decisions have allowed software to be patented, whereas it has been traditionally protected by copyright. Through the new...

this article starts by discussing the nature of European formal telecommunications standards. A new classification of the different types of standards is proposed, and the instutional framework for formal standards in Europe is described. The next section deals with the relevant property rights....

La brevetabilité des méthodes commerciales est aujourd'hui un enjeu majeur dans le monde de l'Internet. Elle suscite cependant de multiples interrogations tant pour les économistes que pour les juristes. En s'appuyant sur le contexte juridique, mais aussi à partir de données statistiques,...