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Contributory Infringement Rule and Patents
Langinier, Corinne; Marcoul, Philippe - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2005
The contributory infringement rule assesses liability to a third party that contributes tothe infringement of a patent. Not only are firms that directly infringe liable, those whoindirectly contribute are also liable. We investigate how this rule affects the creation of anetwork of members...
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What Inspires Leisure Time Invention?
DAVIS, LEE N.; Davis, Jerome; Hoisl, Karin - Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft - 2009
This paper seeks to understand the intriguing but only sparsely explored phenomenon of “leisure timeinvention,” where the main underlying idea for the new product or process occurs when the inventor isaway from the workplace. We add to previous research by focussing on the inventive...
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Heterogeneity of Patenting Activity and Its Implications for Scientific Research
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Glänzel, Wolfgang; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2007
for heterogeneity of patenting activities ranging from university patentsto corporate patents. While the former may have …
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The role of technology in M&As : a firm-level comparison of cross-border and domestic deals
Frey, Rainer; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2006
Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of mergeractivities. This paper analyzes the role of technology in mergers and acquisitions(M&As) at the firm level. Based on a newly created data set that combines financialinformation and patent data for public limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939765
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Not invented here: Technology licensing, knowledge transfer and innovation based on public research
Bünstorf, Guido; Geissler, Matthias - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften - 2009
Using a new dataset encompassing more than 2,200 inventions made by Max Planck Societyresearchers from 1980 to 2004, we explore how licensee and technology characteristics affectthe licensing and commercialization of technologies from public research. We find noevidence that spin-offs and...
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The Influence of Strategic Patentingon Companies’ Patent Portfolios
Blind, Knut; Cremers, Katrin; Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2007
This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics ofcompanies’ patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to representthese characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies.We find clear...
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Do Regional Systems ofInnovation Matter?
Fritsch, Michael - Technische Universität <Freiberg> - 2003
The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical studies. Main elements of such an explanation are the specific problems of a division of innovative labor. Based on an outline of these issues the concept of a regional innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864354
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Pool of Basic Patents and Follow-up Innovations
Langinier, Corinne - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
applications. Following Green andScotchmer (1995), we also wonder whether broad basic patents are necessary to provideenough … incentives for basic innovators. We show that patent pools are more likely to beformed with patents of very different breadth, or … patents of similarly wide breadth. Further,even though patent pools rectify the problem of developers’ incentives, they may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360853
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Das Treuhandrecht und das Ende der Privatisierung in Ostdeutschland - ein Rückblick
Steding, Rolf - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005
Die Treuhandidee steht allgemein für ein juristisches Konstrukt des Eigentums,das dem Treuhänder nach außen die volle Rechtsstellung eines Eigentümersverleiht, ihm im Innenverhältnis zum Treugeber jedoch mehr oder wenigerstarker Beschränkung unterwirft. In (Ost-)Deutschland erlebte diese...
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Patents, Research Exemption, and the Incentive forSequential Innovation
Moschini, Giancarlo; Yerokhin, Oleg - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
traditional plant breeder’srights allow for a well-defined research exemption, whereas standard utility patents do not …
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