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Software intellectual property rights : economics and policy analysis.
2005
G 272 HAR.S
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Title
Software intellectual property rights : economics and policy analysis.
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Book
Description
x, 203 pages ; graph. Darst.
ISBN
9052784949 Paperback
Alternate Call Number
G 272 HAR.S
Summary
The inclusion of software and algorithms in the scope of patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the proposed EC Directive on the Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions propelled an ongoing debate on the contribution of patents to innovation and economic growth This book examines the effects of intellectual propery rights (IPRs), namely patents and copyrights, on innovation and technical change in information technologies. It provides new insights on the links between markets, technologies and legislation by applying a variety of empirical and analytical tools. The book explores how the structure of ownership of U.S. software patents and the quality of software patents have been affected by changes in legislation. The success of the Open Source movement to establish an alternative regime to IPRs is analyzed by illuminating the economic rationale beyond it and how Open Source can strategically be used by firms.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction
2. Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Introducing Economic Rationale into Legal Regimes
3. The Role and Performance of IPRs as Knowledge-Propelling Regimes
4. Revealing Obscure Sources: The Paradoxical Evolution of Software Appropriation Regimes
5. On Substitution of Intellectual Property and Free Disclosure: An Analysis of R&D Strategies in Software Technologies
6. Designed for Innovation: The Structure of IP Regimes and the Evolution of Information Technologies
7. Owning Technology: The Structure of Intellectual Property Ownership in Software Technologies
8. IPRs in a Knowledge-Based Economy: A New Frame-of-Analysis
9. Conclusions
Appendices
A. Proof of Propositions 5 and 6
B. Distribution of Software, Cryptography and Image Analysis Patents
2. Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Introducing Economic Rationale into Legal Regimes
3. The Role and Performance of IPRs as Knowledge-Propelling Regimes
4. Revealing Obscure Sources: The Paradoxical Evolution of Software Appropriation Regimes
5. On Substitution of Intellectual Property and Free Disclosure: An Analysis of R&D Strategies in Software Technologies
6. Designed for Innovation: The Structure of IP Regimes and the Evolution of Information Technologies
7. Owning Technology: The Structure of Intellectual Property Ownership in Software Technologies
8. IPRs in a Knowledge-Based Economy: A New Frame-of-Analysis
9. Conclusions
Appendices
A. Proof of Propositions 5 and 6
B. Distribution of Software, Cryptography and Image Analysis Patents
Published
Netherlands : Universitaire Pers Maastricht, 2005.
Language
English
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