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Contributors
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Dedication
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xiii |
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Acknowledgments
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xv |
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Introduction
F. Scott Kieff and Troy A. Paredes
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1 |
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Part i: Perspectives on theories of intellectual property
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1 Intellectual Property and the Theory of the Firm
Daniel F. Spulber
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9 |
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2 A Transactional View of Property Rights
Robert P. Merges
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47 |
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3 The Modularity of Patent Law
Henry E. Smith
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83 |
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4 Forging a New Environmental and Resource Economics Paradigm: The Contractual Bases for Exchange
Terry L. Anderson and Gary D. Libecap
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117 |
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5 Privatizing the Public Domain
Michael B. Abramowicz
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144 |
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Part ii: Perspectives on the problems of anticommons and patent thickets
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6 Engineering a Deal: Toward a Private Ordering Solution to the Anticommons Problem
F. Scott Kieff and Troy A. Paredes
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179 |
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7 Understanding the RAND Commitment
Douglas Lichtman
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211 |
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8 Embryonic Inventions and Embryonic Patents: Prospects, Prophecies, and Pedis Possessio
John F. Duffy
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234 |
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9 Innovation and Its Discontents
Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner
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268 |
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Part iii: Perspectives on finance and commercialization
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10 Patents as Options
Shaun Martin and Frank Partnoy
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303 |
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11 Access to Finance and the Technological Innovation: A Historical Experiment
Stephen Haber
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327 |
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12 The Decline of the Independent Inventor: A Schumpeterian Story?
Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff
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359 |
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Part iv: Perspectives on the university innovation
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13 University Software Ownership and Litigation: A First Examination
Arti K. Rai, John R. Allison, and Bhaven N. Sampat
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395 |
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14 The Impact of the Bayh-Dole Act on Genetic Research and Development: Evaluating the Arguments and Empirical Evidence to Date
Charles R. McManis and Sucheol Noh
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435 |
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15 Patents, Material Transfers, and Access to Research Inputs in Biomedical Research
John P. Walsh, Charlene Cho, and Wesley M. Cohen
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489 |
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16 Are Universities Patent Trolls?
Mark A. Lemley
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531 |
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Part v: Perspectives on international considerations
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17 Successful Factors for Commercializing the Results of Research and Development in Emerging Economies – A Preliminary Study of ITRI in Taiwan
Paul C. B. Liu, Kuang-Wei Chueh, and Galland M. Y. Ger
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549 |
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18 Commercializing University Research: Beyond Economic Incentives
E. Richard Gold and Tal Srulovicz
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560 |
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Index
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