We analyze the extent to which patent pools (agreements where patent holders agree to license their intellectual property as a package) could be used as an institution to facilitate technology transactions in biotechnology. Patent pools have been used with success in the consumer electronics and...

Intro -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: PATENTING TRENDS AND INNOVATION -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: PATENTING TRENDS AND INNOVATION -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT* -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- KEY FINDINGS: AGGREGATE PATENT DATA AND QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS -- KEY FINDINGS: INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THE...

Twice in the last two years the Supreme Court of Canada, in the absence of legislative guidance from Parliament, has been called upon to resolve fundamental conflicts in applying the provisions of the Patent Act to unique characteristics of biotechnological innovations, particularly in relation...

In KSR International, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit's rigid application of “teaching, suggestion, or motivation” test (TSM test), and replaced it with an “expansive and flexible” approach, in determining the question of obviousness. Nevertheless, an expansive and...

This paper deals with the topic of related R&D and innovation strategies of large firms. We ask what determines the diversity of a firm's product portfolio. More specifically, we try to explain large firms' expansion into new product markets driven by the characteristics of their technological...