Interrelation between patenting and standardisation strategies: Empirical evidence and policy implications

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1583-1598

  Blind, Knut ^a,b   Thumm, Nikolaus ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c Swiss Fed Inst Intellectual P   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IPR; Patent intensity; Protection strategies; R D; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR); PATENT INTENSITY; PROTECTION STRATEGIES;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 11844260645     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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