This paper analyses the development of universities' patent applications in Germany before and after the abolition of … the 'professors' privilege' in 2002. By means of a database with all patent applications of German universities with … legislation is found only for universities without patent activities in the past. This indicates the importance of collecting …

examines the U.S. policy of negotiating bilaterally with developing countries as opposed to multilaterally in the world trade … agreements by the World Trade Organization to ensure a higher degree of fairness …

of usual IP rules during the pandemic, such as a proposed waiver of international IP obligations. Countries that are home … current international laws provide economic benefits to these countries in terms of increased trade for non-IP goods. As this …, this could encourage countries to embrace the proposed waiver of international IP rules for COVID treatments. Although …

database of patent applications from a cross-section of countries evidence is provided for the positive effect of flexibility … world economy. For a given level of policy stringency, countries with more flexible environmental policies are more likely …