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
Principles for Research in Patent Markets
by 4iP Council
Much attention has been devoted to what might be broadly called the “patent market” and how it is performing. Some have opined that the patent system is “chaotic” and “not fit for purpose,” and therefore in need of great reform...
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Categories: Patent System and Patent Quality
Patent-Pricing
by Nicolas Petit, Professor of Law, University of Liege – February 2016
The Smallest Salable Patent-Pricing Unit experiment, general purpose technologies and the Coase theorem.
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Categories: Standardisation, Licensing
The MP3 invention: "The patent really is a contract with society"
“The patent really is a contract with society.” Karlheinz Brandenburg, of the celebrated mp3 invention team talks to 4iP Council.
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Patents and inventive spirit at Dyson
4iP Council interviews Gill Smith, Group IP Director at Dyson about the company’s culture and reputation, the value of its patents and patent system success.
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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.