intellectual property

According to the author, freedom of speech and private property rights are among the fundamental concepts upon which the United States is built. A private property owner is given exclusive
"monopoly-like" rights to decide who can access or use her property, and such rights are also important to the development of private economic
enterprises.

The paper explores the potential of a post-grant review process modeled on the European
opposition system to improve patent quality, reveal overlooked prior art, and reduce subsequent litigation. The authors argue that the welfare gains
to such a system may be substantial.

The paper surveys and synthesizes the deepening and widening theoretical landscape of intellectual property. The principal philosophical theory applied to the protection of utilitarian works - that is,
technological inventions - has been utilitarianism.

The report analyzes the U.S. competitive position in advanced automotive technologies relevant
to ongoing research supporting the goals of the FreedomCAR Partnership, and earlier research under the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles. Patent data is presented for each category and then compared to regional and company patenting trends and patent citation indicators.

The report from the Progressive Policy Institute states that although the digital era has brought about increased entertainment content at reduced prices, it has also made it easier than ever for consumers to get access to content without paying for it. The author offers suggestions on how to manage piracy and keep it at a low level.

The paper provides a reassessment of arguments and tests in support of the existence and magnitude of localized knowledge spillovers. The authors use information in patents to control the mobility of inventors across companies and space, as well as for the network ties that such mobility helps establishing. The results indicate that localization effects tend to vanish where citing and cited patents are not linked to each other by any network relationship.

The paper analyzes the technical position of the top twelve foreign patenting countries. Findings demonstrate that the expertise and strengths in environmental technologies are concentrated in a relatively small number of countries.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report looks at patents and licensing practices in several countries in an attempt to determine best practices.

The paper sets out to review what is known about innovation in the financial service industries and discuss what effects patents will have on them.

The report argues that patents for inventions are at the crossroad of law, technology and economies, with the patent system resting on two fundamental assumptions. The Patent System is as solid as the assumptions on which it rests, the report says, and it will stay effective in its purpose only if it keeps adjusting to change in the technical, social and political sphere.