The paper analyzes the interplay between technology diffusion and patent law. We develop a dynamic model where initial adoptions generate learning spillovers that reduce the cost of subsequent adoptions. In this setting, we contrast technology diffusion paths under competitive supply, subsidized...

The technological and institutional environment influences the way of doing research and the relationships between its participants. Intellectual property is a strategic issue to build the institutional framework of the new technological regime and therefore the dynamics of innovation in...

Da propriedade intelectual à economia do conhecimento / Ladislau Dowbor -- Tecnologia, ancestralidade, soberania e produção de futuro / Laymert Garcia dos Santos, Francisco Antunes Caminati -- Conteúdos digitais na internet e os direitos do público / Carlos Seabra -- Comunicação e...