Intellectual Property Rights: Innovation, Governance and the Institutional Environment

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Birgitte Andersen
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2006 - Law - 384 pages
The book presents an impressive line-up of experts in the increasingly relevant field of law and economics, an area that has particular relevance to the issue of IP rights. . . an excellent collection of cutting-edge research. . . an essential read for th
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 The market economy and the scientific commons
17
2 Public interest and the public domain in an era of corporate dominance
46
the case for developing and less developed countries
70
4 If intellectual property rights is the answer what is the question? Revisiting the patent controversies
109
5 Why do small hightech firms take out patents and why not?
148
6 Knowledge spillovers from the patenting process
179
7 The determinants of patentees use of continuation patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office 198099
215
8 Public and private institutions in the governance of intellectual property rights
243
9 The exploration of knowledge networks through patent citations
278
10 Intellectual property rights for governance in and of innovation systems
311
Index
345
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Edited by Birgitte Andersen, Professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

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