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We propose a duopoly model of competition between internet search engines endowed with different technologies and study …
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, brand value, data, and software. Often, innova-tion activities resulted in in-house developed software-based internet … platforms aimed at disrupting existing business models. A software-based internet platform consists of intellectual property in …. Transferring usage rights on a software-based internet platform between businesses requires a license agreement once a decision on …
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information. The nature of the internet has affected the way content is created, consumed and distributed and consequently … of content creators on the internet have the capacity to restrict uses permitted by law. This paper examines relevant … international developments in licensing of copyright works and rights management on the internet and analyses the effects of these …
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As Internet technology has advanced, consumers have increasingly opted to view video content on their computer, tablet …”), decided in 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected one of the more creative methods of delivering content via the Internet … subject to debate, the battle over Internet broadcasting has simply moved to another arena. The decision has led Aereo and …
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This article examines how copyright formalities may aid in addressing the objectives of enhancing the free flow of information by enlarging the public domain and facilitating the licensing of copyright protected materials. For this purpose, it maps the different objectives for reintroducing...
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When material is available on the Internet, and assuming such material was posted by the rightsholder or with the … made available on the Internet must try to find and then decipher complex copyright terms and conditions, some of which are … offers very little in terms of predictability. As a result of the above, millions of Internet users who would want to reuse …
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We focus on the relative economic benefits of licensed versus unlicensed access to the white space, in the belief that spectrum allocation is, ultimately, an economic policy choice. We ignore the technical question of whether an unlicensed approach would create harmful interference, on the...
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This paper considers three firms that engage in an R&D contest to develop a new profitable technology. For a broad range of parameters, the firm that leads the contest (i.e., has the highest probability of success) is better-off licensing or selling its superior interim knowledge to one of the...
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The traditional argument that shorter product cycles favor trade secret over patenting is reviewed. A game theoretic model provides an argument that shorter product cycles can induce firms to file more patent applications. The firms may be trapped in a prisoners' dilemma where all firms would...
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