Open innovation is the subject of increased scholarly debate. A lot of attention has thereby been paid to firm …-centered open innovation, characterized by a for-profit motive and the interplay between patents and contracts, resulting in … communities the present paper examines how the law can assist in establishing a new approach to open innovation (‘new' open …

adequacy of current enforcement tools and strategies. A lack of adequate enforcement tools might well undermine the innovation …

the relationship between standards and innovation, and a review of the interplay between the private and public aspects of …

differentiation and component innovation. We show that, as the complexity of the product spaces increases, stronger patent regimes … yield lower rates of innovation, lower product quality and lower consumers' welfare. -- Patents ; appropriability of … innovation ; complex product industries ; industrial dynamics …

an innovation rewarding institution. According to our analysis, pharma patents have constituted legal barriers to protect …