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
Copyright in the digital environment: the DSM strategy and the challenges ahead
by Ginevra Bruzzone
This paper seeks to identify some shared views and provide a useful benchmark for policy making on the topic of the digital transformation and the EU legal framework for copyright and related issues.
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Categories: IP Enforcement, Digital Single Market
Capturing ideas at Air Liquide
4iP Council speaks to Charlotta Ljungdahl, Vice-President for Group Intellectual Property at Air Liquide, to learn how this world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health innovates.
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SMEs and Standard Essential Patents: Licensing Efficiently in the Internet of Things
by Haris Tsilikas and Dr Claudia Tapia
This article first appeared in les Nouvelles - Journal of the Licensing Executives Society, Volume LII No. 4, September 2017. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3009039
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Categories: SMEs, Standardisation, Licensing
Development of innovative new standards jeopardised by IEEE patent policy
by Keith Mallinson – September 2017
This paper assesses the practical impact of changes made by the IEEE to its patent policy in March 2015. According to the IEEE, these changes were aimed at protecting implementers from potential ‘patent holdup’. The paper makes an empirical assessment of the most recent available data and demonstrates that a large proportion of technology contributors to IEEE standardisation efforts are unwilling to provide 'positive' Letters of Assurance and are not being willing to grant access to patented technology under the terms of the IEEE's new patent policy. As a result, delays in adopting or implementing IEEE standards and litigation are foreseen, unless clarity and certainty around licensing terms are restored.
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Categories: Patent System and Patent Quality, Standardisation
Patent Trespass and the Royalty Gap: Exploring the Nature and Impact of “Patent Holdout”
by Bowman Heiden and Nicolas Petit – August 2017
This paper reviews the meaning of holdout in mainstream economics. This inquiry leads to an unexpected discovery: holdout is a term of art that invariably defines the conduct of a property owner, not the conduct of technology implementers. On this basis, a discussion is opened on the possible policy impact that the choice of a concept like “holdup” had on policy makers, as opposed to “holdout”. The study is based in part on a cross-sectional investigation. Throughout 2016 and 2017, the authors conducted qualitative interviews with five industry stakeholders on both sides of the patent spectrum, namely SEP holders and SEP implementers.