This paper will explore the emerging trend of business methods patenting by posing the
following question:“Is the growing emphasis on asserting ownership over some forms of …

Gary P. Pisano David J. Teece take the form of legal protection (such as patents, copyrights,
or trade-secrets) as well as other strategies such as investing in complementary assets …

This chapter provides evidence on how young technology startups are employing
intellectual property (IP) protection when innovating and competing in the United States …

Legal property rights over technology have a tremendous impact on the profits earned by
technology innovators and by product imitators. Intellectual property laws are critically …

Innovation is a source of competitive advantage. In other words, firms may leverage
innovation to generate rents, at least temporarily. And this is intended to be a self-sustained …

This paper investigates the distinctive technology protection strategies of entrepreneurial
technology firms. In contrast with much popular opinion, it is reported that intellectual …

When it comes to starting, building, and expanding a business, entrepreneurs and business
owners will invariably come to an intersection between business, financing, intellectual …

Managing intellectual property rights used to be straightforward. A company produced great
innovations, obtained as many patents as possible and exploited those patents in the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyse how a patent is an intangible asset and
how it creates value. Design/methodology/approach–Through analysis of a set of cases, the …

Corporate innovation is the subject of several recent articles in the business press and of
discussion in academic circles and international conferences. Recently, Business Week …