Search for dissertations about: "patent analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words patent analysis.

  2. 1. A Quest for Clarity : Reconstructing Standards for the Patent Law Morality Exclusion

    Author : Åsa Hellstadius; Marianne Levin; Bengt Domeij; Geertrui van Overwalle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; patent; patent law; patent exclusions; biotechnology; morality; ordre public; ethics; human dignity; life sciences; European Patent Convention; TRIPS; Biotech Directive; Legal Science; rättsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The accumulated importance of the patent law morality exclusion over the recent decades has been prompted by the increased protection sought for biotechnological inventions. This raises specific ethical concerns such as the respect for human dignity. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Emergence of Markets for Technology : Patent Transfers and Patenting in Sweden, 1819–1914

    Author : David E. Andersson; Fredrik Tell; Mats Larsson; Patricio Sáiz; Maureen McKelvey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Patent transfers; patents; markets for technology; patent markets; patent agents; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the emergence of markets for technology and studies the evolution of patent transfers and its determinants, patent agencies and independent versus firm patenting in Sweden during the 19th century and the turn of 20th century. It explores how and why markets for technology emerge and under what circumstances by investigating the evolution of Swedish patent legislation and the patterns of patent transfers between individuals and firms. READ MORE

  5. 3. Indirect Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations and Investors: IP Privateering & Modern Letters of Marque & Reprisal

    Author : Thomas Ewing; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; equity; non-practicing entity NPE ; innovation system; unclean hands; indirect exploitation; Intellectual property IP ; patent troll; patent misuse; privateer; intellectual property right IPR ; patent; operating company; tortious interference; corporate formalism; antitrust; investor; competition;

    Abstract : Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop indirect techniques for beneficially exploiting third-party intellectual property rights (IPRs) that qualitatively depart from the slate of direct exploitation tools whose usage has been honed during the past 30 years of the pro-patent era. Companies have increasingly realized that they do not need to create IPRs themselves to exploit them beneficially, which has been the conventional usage pattern. READ MORE

  6. 4. Enabling Timing Analysis of Complex Embedded Software Systems

    Author : Johan Kraft; Christer Norström; Anders Wall; Ian Broster; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Embedded-systems; Real-time-systems; Timing-analysis; Simulation; Simulation-optimization; Simulation-Model-Extraction; Source-code-analysis; Run-time-monitoring; Model-validation; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Cars, trains, trucks, telecom networks and industrial robots are examples of products relying on complex embedded software systems, running on embedded computers. Such systems may consist of millions of lines of program code developed by hundreds of engineers over many years, often decades. READ MORE

  7. 5. Promoting Innovation? : A Legal and Economic Analysis of the Application of Article 101 TFEU to Patent Technology Transfer Agreements

    Author : Vladimir Bastidas Venegas; Steven Anderman; Giorgio Monti; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology transfer; competition law; patent; licensing; law and economics; innovation; Legal Science; rättsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study examines the degree to which the application of Article 101(1) Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to patent technology transfer licensing agreements considers and promotes innovation. The study presents a new view on the patent-antitrust intersection, by exploring the competition law assessment of licensing agreements in light of the economic concept of innovation, licensing efficiency and transactional hazards. READ MORE