Intellectual property law has received a final and official dedication along with the conclusion of the Convention which led to the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed on 14th July 1967, in Stockholm [1]. According to WIPO, Intellectual Property covers...

The phenomenon of the intellectual property is becoming more known, exceeding the dimensions of law and legal rules governing the protection of intellectual activity’s results. The approach to the category of intellectual property from the economic point of view is less studied, in comparison...

Intellectual property law has received a final and official dedication along with the conclusion of the Convention that led to the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), signed on 14th July 1967, in Stockholm. Within the strategy of economic, social and cultural...

In European countries, copyright protection is provided independent of any formal performance. According to the Italian and the Romanian legal system, the protection of the authors’ interests is prioritary. The rights of authors on their intellectual creations are protected by law in most...

In today’s globalised economy the informational flows are extending with unprecedented speed in all socio-economic areas and many organizations achieve and develop similar technological and management capacities in their competitive challenge to win new markets. It is in this context that...

The present study presents several requirements for stimulating the scientific and technological creation and innovation in the European research area.

In a recent set of influential papers, researchers have argued that residential mortgage foreclosures reduce the sale prices of nearby properties. We revisit this issue using a more robust identification strategy combined with new data that contain information on the location of properties...

We evaluate the effects of laws designed to protect borrowers from foreclosure. We find that these laws delay but do not prevent foreclosures. We first compare states that require lenders to seek judicial permission to foreclose with states that do not. Borrowers in judicial states are no more...

Patents have long been regarded as the 'gold standard' of intellectual property protection. In 'Little patents and big secrets: managing intellectual property', Anton and Yao (2004) call this traditional view into question by finding that firms keep their most important innovations secret. This...

Traditionally patents are seen as the gold standard for intellectual property protection. But, in line with empirical findings that secrecy is considered more important for appropriating returns, recent theories predict that firms keep their most important inventions secret. This article...