TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectual property
T2 - The assessment
AU - Siegel, Donald S.
AU - Wright, Mike
N1 - Funding Information:
Innovation Development Act, which created the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program), technological diffusion from universities to firms (e.g. the US Bayh–Dole Act of 1980), and collaborative research (e.g. the US National Cooperative Research Act of 1984, as well as the establishment of SEMATECH, the non-profit consortium that performs basic research into semiconductor manufacturing). Government is also providing explicit subsidies for research joint ventures involving universities and firms (e.g. the European Union’s Framework Programmes and the US Commerce Department’s Advanced Technology Program (ATP)) and shared use of expertise and laboratory facilities (e.g. the US National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Centers, Science and Technology Centers, and Industry–University Cooperative Research Centers).
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - In recent years, there has been an increase in the commercialization of intellectual property (IP), via such mechanisms as patents, licences, copyrights, and trade marks. New institutions (e.g. science parks), as well as new organizational forms (e.g. research joint ventures), have emerged to facilitate the creation and commercialization of IP. Existing institutions, most notably universities, have become much more aggressive in protecting their IP and devising ways to generate additional revenue from their IP portfolios. These trends have important policy implications, which are addressed by the authors in this issue. We summarize their contributions and provide some context for assessing these salient matters.
AB - In recent years, there has been an increase in the commercialization of intellectual property (IP), via such mechanisms as patents, licences, copyrights, and trade marks. New institutions (e.g. science parks), as well as new organizational forms (e.g. research joint ventures), have emerged to facilitate the creation and commercialization of IP. Existing institutions, most notably universities, have become much more aggressive in protecting their IP and devising ways to generate additional revenue from their IP portfolios. These trends have important policy implications, which are addressed by the authors in this issue. We summarize their contributions and provide some context for assessing these salient matters.
KW - Copyrights and trade marks
KW - Open source
KW - Patents
KW - Science parks
KW - Technology licensing
KW - University technology transfer offices
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U2 - 10.1093/oxrep/grm033
DO - 10.1093/oxrep/grm033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38149008191
SN - 0266-903X
VL - 23
SP - 529
EP - 540
JO - Oxford Review of Economic Policy
JF - Oxford Review of Economic Policy
IS - 4
ER -