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.
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Categories: Standardisation
Re-evaluating Patent Damages in the Knowledge Economy
by Bowman Heiden and Jens Andreasson Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) – December 2015
Investigates the applicability and implications of the current legal norms for the choice of royalty base in relation to the prevailing market norms regarding SEP transactions in the telecommunication industry. This article was published in the Criterion Journal on Innovation in September 2016. https://www.criterioninnovation.com
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Categories: IP Enforcement, Standardisation
IPR Policy as Strategy. The Battle to Define the Meaning of FRAND
by Bowman Heiden Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) – December 2015
Addresses the ongoing battle to define the meaning of F/RAND as a key institution in determining the value of standard essential patents (SEPs) and the transformation of the telecommunication industry in the emerging knowledge economy.