, comprehensive patent protection is a necessary means to promote research and development. It yields additional returns that pay for … this dilemma, but the various dimensions of a patent system can provide a starting point in mitigating a trade-off. …

This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …

This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …

The imprecise wording of article 52 of the European Patent Convention lead to uncertainty with regard to the … patentability of inventions related to financial methods and processes at the European Patent Office (EPO). This article summarizes …,761 EPO patent applications based on inventions related to financial methods and processes are identified. The analysis of …

and Corporate Innovation Processes' an der Technischen Universität Dresden dar. Diese besteht aus sechs bereits … Möglichkeit, auf diese neuen Ansprüche zu reagieren, ist Anpassung durch Innovation. Das übergeordnete Ziel der Dissertation ist … Innovation Processes' at the Technical University of Dresden. It consists of six already published papers and articles. Because …

health policy priorities. Patent buyouts, in which a public fund pays a mark-up on private valuations from sealed-bid second … vaccine research to fight international epidemics of infectious disease. The implementation of patent buyouts could be … Gesundheitsprobleme. Patent Buyouts, bei denen ein öffentlicher Fonds einen Aufschlag auf den durch ein Auktionsverfahren ermittelten …

The paper develops an oligopoly model of innovation and applies it to data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel. The … complexity, etc. are important determinants of overall innovation expenditures, but not for R&D specifically. If legal protection … affect the innovation activity of the firm. Specification tests derived from the theoretical model do not lead to a rejection …