In the long history of monopolies, business method patents are a novel and recent edition. In the Digital Age, where … method patents in Australia in light of the 2006 decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in Grant v Commissioner of … Patents,5 which confirmed the need in Australia for a 'useful product' to issue from the working of a method (business or …

This paper analyzes the causes of illegal copying and its effects in the software market across 66countries. By … studying the aggregated and joint effects of different variables, the analysis shows thatsupply constraints in the software … which its aggregated effect onthe software market is positive, and this is an efficient mechanism for market creation. Thus …

focus of innovation (IP Generation) and IP ownership and licensing (IP Rights). However, further management practice …

individual agents appropriate returns from innovation and how is this affected by the availability (or not) of intellectual … property rights such as copyrights and patents? Second, how does this translate into the aggregate production of knowledge …

, finance, strategic human resource management, R&D management and innovation, knowledge management, organisational values and … culture, and many more. To support innovation and R&D on a strategic level, both internally and on inter-firm collaborations …, requires a review of the total organisational strategy, culture and norms in an organisation. Innovation and R&D support should …

nature innovative. Therefore generating a culture of innovation is a vital requirement in the development of a successful … designer. Do we know how to stimulate, incubate and nurture innovation? What are the factors that give rise to an innovative … success. However on review the programme was deemed to be lacking in innovation. Changes were made and after three years the …

patent protection to the invention of new Internet business methods. The article argues that this discourages innovation and …. Finally the author examines the nature of innovation on the internet, concluding that it is sequential, with each creator … innovation. The public has benefited from the weak protection given to intellectual property rights on the internet so that it is …

We examine the intersection of patents and antitrust where a patentholder uses the monopoly power it possesses in the … market. The present scheme forawarding patents cannot judge when the issuance of a patent will lead tothe appropriate balance … between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the …

Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation … group affiliation is particularly important for innovation in industries that rely more on external funding and in groups … knowledge spillovers are not the main driver of innovation in business groups because firms affiliated with the same group do …