University intellectual property (IP) policies, and the accompanying strategies for incubation of IP via licensing and spin-outs, have not received much analysis from academic lawyers. Moreover, despite several successful examples of universities in the UK generating income from IP, not much is...

Patent trolls have been around for at least two decades, especially in the US. Their business model is well-known. They acquire patents in the market without any intention to work the underlying invention by producing and/or selling products. They then approach other firms which are merely...