The State of Patenting at Research Institutions in Developing Countries: Policy Approaches and Practices
The State of Patenting at Research Institutions in Developing Countries: Policy Approaches and Practices

Author: Pluvia Zuniga

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 96

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This study discusses the opportunities and challenges offered by patents to foster technology transfer from government funded research institutions in developing countries. It presents a review of policy frameworks and recent policy changes aimed to foster academic patenting and technology transfer in low- and middle-income countries. It then analyzes patenting activities by universities and public research organizations and compares these trends with respect to high-income countries. This analysis is complemented with an assessment of the current state of patenting and technology commercialization practices in a selected group of technology transfer offices.

Getting Patents and Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An “Algorithmic Links with Probabilities” Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting and Economic Activity
Getting Patents and Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An “Algorithmic Links with Probabilities” Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting and Economic Activity

Author: Travis J. Lybbert

Publisher: WIPO

Published:

Total Pages: 32

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In this paper, the authors describe and explore a new algorithmic approach to constructing concordances between the International Patent Classification (IPC) system and industry classification systems that organize economic data. This ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ (ALP) approach incorporates text analysis software and keyword extraction programs and applies them to a comprehensive patent dataset. The authors conclude with a discussion on some of the possible applications of the concordance and provide a sample analysis that uses their preferred ALP concordance to analyze international patent flows based on trade patterns.

What Makes Companies Pursue an Open Science Strategy?
What Makes Companies Pursue an Open Science Strategy?

Author: Markus Simeth

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 26

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This paper explores the motivations of firms that disclose research outcomes in a scientific format. Besides considering an internal firm dimension, the authors focus particularly on knowledge sourcing from academic institutions and the appropriability regime using a cost-benefit framework. The analysis provides evidence that the access to important scientific knowledge imposes the adoption of academic disclosure principles, whereas the mere existence of collaborative links with academic institutions is not a strong predictor. Furthermore, the results suggest that overall industry conditions are influential in shaping the cost-benefit rationale of firms with respect to scientific disclosure.

World Intellectual Property Report 2011 - The Changing Face of Innovation
World Intellectual Property Report 2011 - The Changing Face of Innovation

Author: World Intellectual Property Organization

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9280521608

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WIPO's World Intellectual Property Report 2011 focuses on the Changing Face of Innovation. It describes key trends in the innovation landscape - including the increasingly open, international and collaborative character of the innovation process; the causes of the increased demand for IP rights; and the rising importance of technology markets.

Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology
Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0309048338

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As technological developments multiply around the globeâ€"even as the patenting of human genes comes under serious discussionâ€"nations, companies, and researchers find themselves in conflict over intellectual property rights (IPRs). Now, an international group of experts presents the first multidisciplinary look at IPRs in an age of explosive growth in science and technology. This thought-provoking volume offers an update on current international IPR negotiations and includes case studies on software, computer chips, optoelectronics, and biotechnologyâ€"areas characterized by high development cost and easy reproducibility. The volume covers these and other issues: Modern economic theory as a basis for approaching international IPRs. U.S. intellectual property practices versus those in Japan, India, the European Community, and the developing and newly industrializing countries. Trends in science and technology and how they affect IPRs. Pros and cons of a uniform international IPRs regime versus a system reflecting national differences.

A Patent System for the 21st Century
A Patent System for the 21st Century

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-10-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0309089107

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The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of some research from patent infringement liability.

Boosting Malaysia's National Intellectual Property System for Innovation
Boosting Malaysia's National Intellectual Property System for Innovation

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9264239227

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In order to attain its objective of becoming a high-income economy by 2020, Malaysia is engaged in efforts to enhance the performance of its innovation system. A range of challenges need to be addressed and different policy tools can help in this respect. For this purpose the national ...

Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century
Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century

Author: Anthony Arundel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1108911099

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Universities and public research institutes play a key role in enabling the application of scientific breakthroughs and innovations in the marketplace. Many countries – developed and developing alike – have implemented national strategies to support the application or commercialization of knowledge produced by public research organizations. Universities and public research institutes have introduced practices to support these activities, for instance by including knowledge transfer to promote innovation as a core part of their mission. As a result, a vital question for policymakers is how to improve the efficiency of these knowledge transfer practices to help maximize innovation-driven growth and/or to seek practical solutions to critical societal challenges. This book aims to develop a conceptual framework to evaluate knowledge transfer practices and outcomes; to improve knowledge transfer metrics, surveys and evaluation frameworks; and to generate findings on what works and what does not, and to propose related policy lessons. This book is also available as Open Access.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Peru 2011
OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Peru 2011

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9264128395

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Peru, focusing on the role of government. It provides concrete recommendations and identifies good practices on how to improve policies that affect innovation performance, including R&D policies.