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portfolios of technology firms of all sizes and ages exhibit a rich array of instruments in addition to patents for protecting …
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This paper analyzes the optimal protection strategy for an innovator of a complex innovation who faces the risk of imitation by a competitor. We suppose that the innovation can be continuously fragmented into sub-innovations. We characterize the optimal mix of patent and trade secrets when the...
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This paper analyzes the optimal protection strategy for an innovator of a complex innovation who faces the risk of imitation by a competitor. We suppose that the innovation can be continuously fragmented into sub-innovations. We characterize the optimal mix of patent and trade secrets when the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718533
Three important aspects of the Canadian pharmaceutical industry-viz. compulsory licence, price control on patented drugs and the R&D scenario. Unlike other developed countries, which have adopted the route of providing higher Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection to promote the growth of...
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This paper takes stock of the available legal protection for trade secrets (undisclosed information) in a broad sample of countries. Drawing on national and international material, the paper develops and presents an indicator of the stringency of protection of trade secrets (the Trade Secrets...
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This paper takes stock of the protection of trade secrets for a sample of 37 countries, provides historical data for the period since 1985, and considers the relationship of the stringency of the protection of trade secrets to relevant economic performance indicators. The paper finds that there...
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This paper shows how one of the developers of QWERTY continued to use the trade secret that underlay its development to seek further efficiency improvements after its introduction. It provides further evidence that this was the principle used to design QWERTY in the first place and adds further...
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, and protecting intellectual property assets. It discusses the most common types of intellectual property—patents …
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the mode of licensing, based either on trade secrets or on patents. We model explicitly the equilibrium choice of the …We develop a theory of control rights in the context of licensing interim innovative knowledge for further development … forming financial coalitions at the ex interim stage of bargaining, over the amount and structure of licensing fees as well as …
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Courts require royalty rate calculations based on rigorous economic foundations. The licensing literature provides … performing and evaluating licensing royalty appraisals. Not being distracted with the question of how to combine the input values …
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