How individual inventors and SMEs exploit intellectual property rights: The case of Finland

Talvela, Juhani; Karvonen, Matti; Kässi, Tuomo; Ojanen, Ville

doi:10.1109/picmet.2016.7806731

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“…We conducted a series of semistructured interviews during 2015-2016 among SME and large companies, private inventors, patent agents and policy makers [40][41][42]. For this research, we revisited the synopsis made from the interviews and focused on the patent prosecution and litigation related considerations and challenges of the interviewees.…”

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“…The details and demographics of the interviews with small and large companies and private inventors are given in [40]. Table 1 presents details for the interviewed organizations, not reported before.…”

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“…Many small companies are aware of their lack of resources and capabilities in patent litigations, and fearing the unknown, they are reluctant to enter into the uncertain and risky business of patents, at all [40]. Such fears are not baseless, while the risk of litigation is much higher for patents owned by individuals and firms with small patent portfolios [27].…”

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Patents and patenting have been extensively studied in recent years. Large firms are considered more advanced in their management of technology and prosecution of patents, while small firms possess a limited capacity to operate the legal quality of patents. This article deals with concerns expressed by small companies about the legal uncertainties of patents and patenting. We present results from our interviews and subsequently focus on studying patent litigations, in Finland. We present the types of parties, court actions, and industries with high litigation activity. Speed and cost of litigation is compared with selected other countries. Data are retrieved from multiple sources, including the Darts-IP database with a global coverage of IPR related litigation cases. We find that an opposition action is the most frequent type of litigation, followed by infringement and invalidity actions. Combinations of infringement and invalidation actions are not as common in Finland, as seen in other countries. Most litigations are fought by and between large companies. Recommendations are given for technology management in small companies.Introduction.

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Motives to Patent: Evidence From Argentine Manufacturing Firms

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According to the literature on appropriation, firms patent mainly to prevent copy. However, given that innovation and patents form part of firms’ broader competitive strategies, patenting can include many other objectives such as blocking, increasing prestige and improving bargaining power, among others. The evidence about this kind of strategic and competitive use of patents is extensive for developed countries but almost null for developing countries. This paper aims to contribute to filling this gap in two ways: firstly, by analysing Argentine firms’ motivations for patenting and, secondly, by exploring the determinants of such motivations. The data used comes from the most recent Argentine innovation survey (ENDEI II), which provides information on around 300 manufacturing firms that applied for patents between 2014 and 2016. The findings show that Argentine firms follow one of two composite patenting strategies, the most common one being guided by objectives related to protection, including different types of blocking, and the other being guided by the less technological goals identified by the literature on strategic patenting, such as prestige, bargaining and licences.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been prominent in the world economy, contributing significantly to the generation of jobs. Despite the relevance in the economy, SMEs underutilize the mechanisms of protection and appropriation of intellectual property. In order to gather and synthesize strategies, managerial models and good practices related to the intellectual property management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this article aims to analyze systematically the literature, as well as to identify important aspects and gaps in existing empirical knowledge. For this, 53 articles from periodicals indexed in the scientific bases Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct were analyzed. It was verified that there is a pattern of management actions in the scope of SMEs with regard to the protection, appropriation and intellectual property management.

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How individual inventors and SMEs exploit intellectual property rights: The case of Finland

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Legal Fights for Patent Rights: Are the Judicial Concerns of Small Companies Justified?

Legal Fights for Patent Rights: Are the Judicial Concerns of Small Companies Justified?

Motives to Patent: Evidence From Argentine Manufacturing Firms

Intellectual Property Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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