Research & Webinars
Here we provide a number of reports and research summaries related to SMEs and innovation. You will find additional materials in our main research section.
Papers, briefs and publications
How to protect local R&D in Brazil, Russia, India, China?
by Florian Homann and Martin A Bader
This article covers recent, detailed research by The University of St. Gallen on the motivation for and nature of western R&D investments in emerging markets.
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Categories: IP Enforcement, Trade Law and Regulation
Love an Inventor thank you
We will publish a shortlist of nominations early February. Please return to vote for your Valentine's Day favourite. Sign up here to follow this campaign.
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Love an Inventor
Please share your love for an inventor’s work with us Nominate your favourite European technology and engineering inventor below. They can be living or dead but their invention must be patented. From the nominees, we will select a shortlist of up to ten and in early February we will launch a ‘declaration of love’- inviting 4iP Council followers and those who share our passion for invention to vote for their favourite. The winner will be announced just before Valentine’s Day.
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Valuing SEPs in the Knowledge Economy
by Bowman Heiden Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) – December 2015
Focuses on a comparative assessment of the standard essential patent (SEP) valuation models of four recent SEP court cases in the US in 2013-14 and discusses their systemic implications for industry and policy makers.