Abstract With the topic “patents from universities”, the article deals with a current problem of university policy that up to now only has been discussed in detail and controversially within the political context. It intents an economic analysis of the recent legal changes regarding the...

The patentability of computer software is at the European and the national level under a controversial discussion, which in the present paper is analyzed in view of their economic legitimation. The article describes the characteristics of 'software' and indicates the implication that emanate...