Emerging in the nineteenth century, with a focus on classical engineering and chemistry, patent law has seen many … its impact on patent law, nanotechnology has to be defined and its peculiarities have to be identified. In this first part …; and the patentability of selection inventions. The legal discussion focuses on European patent law …

the change. My results show that more restrictive patent policies at the SDO level decrease the innovation effort of firms …In this paper, I empirically study the effect of IEEE’s IPR policy change in 2015 on standard related innovation. I … construct a novel dataset of companies that have declared at least one patent as essential for an IEEE standard (the treatment …

This paper proposes a search strategy for photovoltaic patents which allows to distinguish the photovoltaic system into …

competition and intellectual-property laws. It also assumes that innovation is a major contribution to long-run welfare. The paper …This paper examines a number of government policies related to competition or intellectual property and affecting … innovation for their welfare effects. Its premise is that the enhancement of social welfare is included among the purposes of …

settlements; (iii) issues concerning standard-essential patents (SEPs); (iv) the conduct of patent assertion entities (PAEs); and …Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression … guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly important in the context of the competition policy treatment of …

This paper examines the evolution of national competition (antitrust) policies and enforcement approaches vis … competition policy approaches toward intellectual property licensing arrangements in the US, Canada and the EU. Part 3 elaborates … the foundational insights that have motivated competition policy interventions with respect to 'newer' issues such as anti …

specific therapy. This particular field brings along the gene related patent applications. In recent years, ethical sides …, policy considerations on patent applications in gene sequences, and gene related diagnostic and treatment methods led to many … debates among biotech/pharma companies, patent stakeholders, researchers, clinicians, and patients. Although the patent system …