For most of the post-war period developing countries have been told that relying on licensing for technology transfer is likely to yield disappointing results. However, this view of licensing has come a full circle as technology services trade has boomed since the 1990s. We outline the main...

By granting universities and public research organizations (PROs) the rights to their own intellectual property (IP) - patents, copyrights, trademarks, utility models, industrial designs - derived from statefinanced research, and allowing them to commercialize their results, governments seek to...

International technological diffusion is a key determinant of cross-country differences in economic performance. While patents can be a useful proxy for innovation and technological change and diffusion, fully exploiting patent data for such economic analyses requires patents to be tied to...

I summarize key findings from the literature on how distance, relationships, and ethnic ties influence knowledge flows and describe a model that relates emigration and the diaspora to knowledge flows. I then recap a key study that reports evidence of a link from the diaspora and knowledge flows...

The PCT Yearly Review provides an overview of the performance and development of the PCT system. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics for the latest available year.

The PCT Yearly Review provides an overview of the performance and development of the PCT system. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics for the latest available year.

The PCT Yearly Review provides an overview of the performance and development of the PCT system. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics for the latest available year.

The PCT Yearly Review provides an overview of the performance and development of the PCT system. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics for the latest available year.