The article is devoted to the adaptation of VaR (EaR) method for the risk evaluation of intellectual assets (digital images) portfolio. We consider this method as the case of dynamic metadata analysis. The distribution of portfolio earnings random variables in a long period is investigated...

This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the burgeoning literature on the law and economics of intellectual property. It is organized around the two principal objectives of intellectual property law: promoting innovation and aesthetic creativity (focusing on patent, trade secret, and...

This paper analyzes the optimal protection strategy for an innovator of a complex innovation who faces the risk of imitation by a competitor. We suppose that the innovation can be continuously fragmented into sub-innovations. We characterize the optimal mix of patent and trade secrets when the...