Herbert Zech, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, fällt insgesamt ein positives Urteil zum Patentschutz: Er ermögliche technische Innovation in Bereichen, in denen sich Entwicklungsaktivitäten wegen leichter Nachahmbarkeit und hohen Investitionsbedarfs ansonsten nicht lohnen würden....

In zunehmend polypolistischen Anbietermärkten wird der grenzüberschreitende Austausch von Waren und Dienstleistungen zu einer wesentlichen Erfolgsdeterminante für große Teile der Marktakteure. Zugleich formen digitale Disruptionen sowie ein kaum mehr berechenbarer technologischer Fortschritt...

In zunehmend polypolistischen Anbietermärkten wird der grenzüberschreitende Austausch von Waren und Dienstleistungen zu einer wesentlichen Erfolgsdeterminante für große Teile der Marktakteure. Zugleich formen digitale Disruptionen sowie ein kaum mehr berechenbarer technologischer Fortschritt...

The continuations procedure within the U.S. patent system has been criticized for enabling firms to manipulate the patent review process for strategic purposes. Changes during the 1990s in patent procedures affected the incentives of applicants to exploit the continuations process, and...

In an environment in which widely-adopted technical standards may each be covered by large numbers of patents, there have been increasing calls for courts to determine “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” (FRAND) royalties payable to holders of standards-essential patents (SEPs) using...

Chapter 1. Understanding and Benefiting from Intellectual Property in International Business: A Beginning -- Part I: Intellectual Property Fundamentals -- Chapter 2. Intellectual Property Theories -- Chapter 3. Intellectual Property Systems -- Part II: Intellectual Property Environments --...

Competition Law of the European Union' provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the EU competition rules as developed primarily by the Commission, the General Court and the Court of Justice. The new Sixth Edition of a major work by the well-known competition law team at Van Bael &...

Since the issue first emerged in the policy arena in the early 2000s, economists have been debating the meaning and implications of FRAND licensing commitments within cooperative technology standard setting organizations (SSOs). Today the issue is global, with scholars and policymakers in...

Why do firms use continuations in the prosecution of their patents? Motivated by the widespread use of continuations by U.S. firms and the prominence of this procedure in U.S. patent policy debates, we investigate the influence of corporate and patent characteristics on the use of continuations....

We examine commonly observed forms of payment, such as milestones, royalties, or consulting contracts as ways of engaging inventors in the development of licensed inventions. Our theoretical model shows that when milestones are feasible, royalties are not optimal unless the licensing firm is...

Chapter 1 The core dilemma – seed sovereignty and globalisation -- Chapter 2 Understanding sovereignty in a globalised world -- Chapter 3 Seed sovereignty and globalisation -- Chapter 4 Kenya – A hyperglobalised seed law -- Chapter 5 Ethiopia – A transformationalist seed law -- Chapter 6...

I develop a stylized model of court procedures that resolve disputes concerning FRAND-encumbered standard essential patents (SEPs). I analyze the effects of injunctions and potential court-imposed FRAND rates on negotiated royalty rates. The SEP-holders' ability to hold-up is constrained by the...

From the perspective of antitrust authorities, the multiplication of patents embodied in technology standards is a source of concerns. Certainly it is necessary and efficient that patents owners derive a revenue from the use of the standard. Yet by their function - ensuring compatibility between...

I develop a stylized model of court procedures that resolve disputes concerning FRAND-encumbered standard essential patents (SEPs). I analyze the effects of injunctions and potential court-imposed FRAND rates on negotiated royalty rates. The SEP-holders' ability to hold-up is constrained by the...

This document describes the methodology developed by the Melbourne Institute to: (i) harmonise holders of intellectual property rights (IPRs) at IP Australia (applications for patent, designs, trademarks and plant breeder's rights); (ii) match Australian IPRs holders to the Australian business...

Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert die Vor- und Nachteile alternativer Allokationsmechanismen für das 900- und 1800-MHz-Frequenzspektrum, dessen Nutzungsrechte Ende 2016 auslaufen. Im Wesentlichen bestehen zwei Optionen. Zum einen die Möglichkeit der Verlängerung der aktuellen Nutzungsrechte,...

Purpose of this paper: This paper investigates the paradox that arises when firms simultaneously share and protect their knowledge in an alliance with other organizations. The goal of this paper therefore is to explore this tension field in such a coupled open innovation process and to identify...

The Handbook of Marketing Analytics showcases analytical marketing methods and their high-impact real-life applications in marketing management, public policy, and litigation support. Fourteen chapters present an overview of specific marketing analytic methods in technical detail, while 22 case...

The Handbook of Marketing Analytics showcases analytical marketing methods and their high-impact real-life applications in marketing management, public policy, and litigation support. Fourteen chapters present an overview of specific marketing analytic methods in technical detail, while 22 case...

Gegenstand dieser Bachelorarbeit sind die verschiedenen Strategien im Umgang mit dem geistigen Eigentum eines Unternehmens. Dazu werden die Ausprägungen des geistigen Eigentums, dessen Bedeutung bei der Umsetzung strategischer Überlegungen sowie die rechtlichen Hintergründe aufgeführt. Der...

This book identifies the potential of intellectual property as a competitive asset for Latin American firms. The authors employ a cognitive approach that involves identifying why small firms are reluctant to register patents, resorting rather to alternative IP competitive strategies. This, in...

In a recent paper, Thomson and Yeh [Operators for the adjudication of conflicting claims, Journal of Economic Theory 143 (2008) 177-198] introduced the concept of operators on the space of rules for the problem of adjudicating conflicting claims. They focussed on three operators in order to...