Search for dissertations about: "Intellectual property"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words Intellectual property.

  2. 6. Opening Pandora's Box : Exploring Flexibilities and Alternatives for Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources under the Intellectual Property Framework

    Author : Frantzeska Papadopoulou; Marianne Levin; Jens Schovsbo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Traditional knowledge; genetic resources; intellectual property; biodiversity; Rawls; Coase; benefit sharing; patents; Convention on Biological Diversity; TRIPS; bioprospecting; property rights; liability; reward system; Commons; ITPGRFA; Calabresi Melamed; UPOV; FAO; Private Law; civilrätt;

    Abstract : What happens when resources get valuable and scarce? How is Intellectual Property dealing with market failures related to sub-patentable innovation or purely traditional knowledge with interesting applications? The protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources (TKGR) has been one of the major modern challenges in international IP law. The entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its implementation in national legislation has created more questions than the ones it answered. READ MORE

  4. 7. 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

  5. 8. Understanding the Role of Intellectual Property in Digital Technology-based Startups: Decisions and Dynamics

    Author : Sarah van Santen; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intellectual property; effectuation; decision making; entrepreneurship; digitalization;

    Abstract : Intellectual property (IP) has taken a central place as a source of competitive advantage in firms’ strategies. However, our knowledge on how IP is used by these firms in the digital age is still limited. READ MORE

  6. 9. The Patent Office on Display : Intellectual Property in the Public Eye

    Author : Isabelle Strömstedt; Eva Hemmungs Wirtén; Gustav Källstrand; Megan Richardson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Exhibition; Narrative; Microhistory; Anniversaries; Patent system;

    Abstract : In 1941, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary as an independent agency. The major event of this celebration was an exhibition at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology titled Idé – Patent – Produkt. READ MORE

  7. 10. Innovation and Intellectual Property: Strategic IP Management and Economics of Technology

    Author : Marcus Holgersson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; open innovation; innovation economics; research and development; Intellectual property right; technology management; licensing; value appropriation; strategy; theory of the firm; governance;

    Abstract : Innovations and technological developments have been recognized for their central importance for economic success and growth at least since the 1930s. Intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPRs), such as patents, trade secret rights, and copyrights, have during more recent decades caught increasing attention, and, mainly due to various developments at macro level, IP has become an important source of competitive advantage at micro level in many industries. READ MORE