Protecting aesthetic innovations? An exploration of the use of registered community designs

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1192-1206

  Filitz, Rainer ^a   Henkel, Joachim ^a,b   Tether, Bruce S ^c  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design rights; Innovation; Product design; Research agenda

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SHOE MANUFACTURE;

CAR MANUFACTURING; COMMUNITY DESIGN; DESIGN INNOVATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGAL INSTRUMENTS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RESEARCH AGENDA; THREE INDUSTRIES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84929144342     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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