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The Role of Patent Law in Knowledge Codification

Burk, Dan L. - 2015

of tacit knowledge codification, and to illuminate the role of intellectual property in the firm. Patents, for example … ameliorating the risks associated with loss of tacit knowledge. Thus, aside from the usual justifications for patents in terms of … know-how will always remain in tacit form, unpatented and uncodified. As with all codes, the use of patents assumes an …

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Knowledge Commons (2016)

Madison, Michael J.; Strandburg, Katherine J.; … - 2019

This chapter describes methods for systematically studying knowledge commons as an institutional mode of governance of knowledge and information resources, including references to adjacent but distinct approaches to research that looks primarily to the role(s) of intellectual property systems in...

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Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions

Madison, Michael J. - 2019

This chapter describes biobanks as institutions for collection, preservation, curation, and production of knowledge and information, in both material and immaterial forms. That characterization calls for research and comparative analysis of the broad diversity of specific biobanks, using a...

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Knowledge Commons (2019)

Madison, Michael J.; Frischmann, Brett M.; Strandburg, … - 2019

This chapter provides an introduction to and overview of the knowledge commons research framework. Knowledge commons refers to an institutional approach (commons) to governing the production, use, management, and/or preservation of a particular type of resource (knowledge). The research...

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Beyond Invention : Patent as Knowledge Law

Madison, Michael J. - 2014

The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Bilski v. Kappos, concerning the legal standard for determining patentable subject matter under the American Patent Act, is used as a starting point for a brief review of historical, philosophical, and cultural influences on subject...

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Using Intellectual Property Data to Measure Cross-border Knowledge Flows

Dubbert, Jake - 2019

This paper surveys the landscape of empirical studies on cross-border trade in knowledge that use IPRs data. Based on a thorough search of the literature, we identify and categorize the types and uses of IPRs data. Our discussion critically evaluates whether these data support the empirical...

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Foreign direct investment spillovers and pharmaceutical innovation : the role of intellectual property rights

Ho, Chun-Yu; Li, Xin; Zhou, Weimin - 2017

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering the pharmaceutical industries across 29 provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the period 1998-2007. We show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect...

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