Mutuality of Intellectual Property Protection with Standards Development and Use: An Innovation Systems Perspective

Lambert, R and Temple, PA (2016) Mutuality of Intellectual Property Protection with Standards Development and Use: An Innovation Systems Perspective In: 19th Uddevalla Symposium 2016 on Geography, Open Innovation, Diversity and Entrepreneurship, 2016-06-30 - 2016-07-02, Birkbeck, University of London.

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Abstract

The paper argues that both the development of standards within consensus and rule based organizations and the methods used for the protection of intellectual property have pervasive and interacting, and sometimes possibly harmful, influences throughout innovation systems; both are moreover highly relevant for business strategies based upon open innovation. Using the UK Innovation Surveys and specially constructed data on the standards environment confronting firms, we illumine the importance of the standards for innovation and forward looking innovation commitments, as well as for firm’s decisions regarding methods of intellectual property protection. We find that cooperating firms particularly value the information content of standards. We supplement these findings with direct survey based evidence regarding not only the use of standards but also the motivations for participation in standard setting organizations. The surveys reported confirmed the widespread use of standards in research and services as well as manufacturing. Both IPR and participation development were frequently seen as strategically important. Motivation for participation included the ability to influence future standards and obtaining valuable information about the trajectories for technologies and markets. While IPR issues do sometimes conflict with standards setting processes, the evidence does not suggest that delay and other issues are a widespread problem in standard setting.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Conference Paper)
Subjects :	Economics
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Authors :	Authors Email ORCID Lambert, R UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Temple, PA UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Date :	September 2016
Uncontrolled Keywords :	Innovation, Standards, Intellectual Property Rights, Patents
Related URLs :	Organisation
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	07 Sep 2016 08:00
Last Modified :	07 Sep 2016 08:00
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/811998

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