In this paper the relationship between the pursuit of foreign patent rights by inventors or their assignees and economic development in the countries in which the respective inventors reside is examined. Outward-bound international patenting is contrasted with domestic patenting and with...

This paper reports the results of an original empirical study of the relationship between intellectual property and the financial performance of technology firms in the bioscience-technology industries. The study found a statistically significant positive relationship between the firms'...

Tension between dynamic innovation activities and conventional static methods of intellectual property (‘IP’) protection pushes companies to cultivate new IP management strategies that are responsive to the dual challenges of control and openness of IP in co-creation projects. Great openness...

As the concept of co-creation has evolved in the innovation management literature its meaning has become ambiguous and the boundaries between it and the concept of open innovation have become opaque. The purpose of this paper is to more clearly define the concept of co-creation and to articulate...

This paper outlines a proposed approach to analyzing the likely causes-of and potential solutions-to two related problems in the administration of the patent system worldwide: the global backlog (or deadlock) in processing patent applications, currently estimated to be at least several million...

This paper investigates the distinctive technology protection strategies of entrepreneurial technology firms. In contrast with much popular opinion, it is reported that intellectual property features more prominently in the business of small entrepreneurial firms than it does in the business of...

The patent law regimes of the United States and Europe are ambiguous regarding whether or not the subject matter of patents ought to be restricted to that of technology. This ambiguity is exacerbated by the difficulties faced by lawmakers in defining technology; and it confounds contemporary...

In this work we elucidate international trends in the field of quantum technology (QT) by analyzing a global patent database built from an operational definition of QT that was generated through the curated application of artificial intelligence (AI). In doing so we demonstrate how the...