The aim of this paper is to test whether patent-based indicators are still reliable measures of innovativeness in light … already under way respectively at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). For most … firm's ability to improve its productivity growth and profitability. The case study reported here concerns the …

and stimulating innovation in the biotechnology sector, some policy levers narrow down the patent potential for …In their animated book 'The Patent Crisis and How the Courts can Solve It', Dan Burk and Mark Lemley give an account of … industry specific differences in the patent system from both a legal and economic perspective. The present article attempts to …

Innovation is widely considered one of the most important drivers for firm growth in the contemporary economy. However …, the 'elusive' as well as heterogeneous nature of innovation has generated a lively debate among scholars with regards to … the best metrics to capture its features and effects. Often, this has led to a reliance on R&D and/or patent …

Biotechnnology Directive in Belgian patent law. Whereas the first bill was hotly debated in parliament [see G. Van Overwalle, ‘Of …

trend was less prominent in the field of patent law and it was only with the coming into effect of the TRIPS Agreement that … Meilenstein von enormer Bedeutung, (a major milestone) since, for the first time in patent history, it introduced a worldwide … framework of minimum standards with regard to the grant, scope and use of patent rights. The present paper describes the global …

and analyses norms, bodies and conflicts between them. Special attention is paid to the European Patent System and the …