Intellectual Property Management of National University Corporations

Electronic information management and intellectual property rights

The paper examines the concept of “digital is different” or not as the case may be and how and if digital publications are different from their paper counterparts. The concept of copyright in a digital age is explored and various different interpretations of the concept and its application discussed. The linguistic problems of using words from a paper-based environment will be considered and su...

Traditional medicine and intellectual property

Medical plants have a great value in traditional knowledge related to human health care both used whole plant or consisting in curative remedies. These valuable uses has been led to commercial use of medicinal plants and their derivatives which makes great benefits. Also there is a growing desire to use of completely natural materials as curative drugs around the world. These facts show up a gr...

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Management and Monitoring Framework for University Innovation Centre

With the advent of the knowledge economy, knowledge is the principal economic asset and its management and protection have become the cornerstones of an organization strategy. Due to the increasing importance of knowledge, private firms and public institutions such as universities, colleges and research institutes have discovered the importance of protecting and managing their intellectual prop...

Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property and Effective University-industry Partnerships

University Research, Intellectual Property Rights and European Innovation Systems

This paper surveys the literature on university patenting. From the point of view of the economic theory of patents, it is argued that patenting knowledge developed by university researchers is paradoxical: patents are normally intended to stimulate knowledge development by providing property rights, but universities operate also under a different incentive scheme, i.e. they receive public fund...