@article{13371,
      note = {The final report of a European Commission Community  Research project. Preface: Services have received  relatively little attention from analysts of innovation  until quite recently, partly because they were assumed to  be much less innovative compared to the manufacturing  sector, and partly owing to difficulties concerning the  definition and identification of R&D in service companies.  While this is changing, one area where more still needs to  be understood relates to the protection of innovations in  the service industries. As for the production industries,  protection is important if service companies are to achieve  a sufficient return on their investment in innovative  activities. This study addresses the use of formal  intellectual property rights (IPR), especially patents, in  the service sector, and examines their importance in  relation to the 'innovation process' in different service  industries.},
      author = {Blind, Knut,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/13371},
      title = {Patents in the service industries : final report /},
      recid = {13371},
      pages = {190 pages ;},
}