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Software Patents

Economic Impacts and Policy Implications
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2005
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84542-488-6 (ISBN)
119,95 inkl. MwSt
There has been continued debate in Europe over whether to change the patentability of software – or so-called computer-implemented inventions – and to follow the US model of allowing software patents.
There has been continued debate in Europe over whether to change the patentability of software - or so-called computer-implemented inventions - and to follow the US model of allowing software patents.The European debate has shown a severe lack of empirical analysis on the possible impact of software patenting that goes beyond interest-driven rhetoric. This book seeks to address this shortcoming by taking a two-fold approach. Firstly, a survey of German software companies provides a representative overview of both general strategies to protect inventions and opinions regarding the future IPR regime in the context of innovation strategies - including the importance and use of Open Source software. Secondly, a series of case studies illustrate the varying impacts that patents and other protection strategies can have in specific contexts.

This book provides both a theoretical overview of the economic impacts and policy implications of software patents, and an empirical foundation upon which to base a discussion on how to shape the intellectual property regime for software. Thus, this volume will be of interest to industrial economists and students, as well as legal scientists and analysts and students of governance in innovation systems. It will also appeal to all policy stakeholders dealing with IPR issues and/or software developing industries.

Knut Blind, Professor of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Technische Universität Berlin and Head of the Business Unit Innovation and Regulation, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Jakob Edler, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Michael Friedewald, Senior Researcher, Department of Emerging Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany

Contents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Literature Survey 3. Empirical Investigation: A Representative Survey 4. Context-Specific In-Depth Analysis: Case Studies 5. Qualifying the Survey Results by Means of the Case Studies 6. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.12.2005
Reihe/Serie New Horizons in Intellectual Property series
Verlagsort Cheltenham
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Informatik Office Programme Outlook
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
ISBN-10 1-84542-488-3 / 1845424883
ISBN-13 978-1-84542-488-6 / 9781845424886
Zustand Neuware
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