Patent transactions with China in a new era: a European perspective

Ying Li, Elise Meyer, Geert Duysters, Maurice de Richemont

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Abstract

Purpose – This study aims to present a timely description of the experience and intentions of EU firms regarding patent licensing and/or selling to China in a new era, where EU firms are taking a more open approach toward innovation and the Chinese institutional environment has been recently changed. The paper finds that large and small EU firms are different regarding the openness of innovation measured by patent transactions; for those EU firms that are not interested in licensing or selling patents, most of them are not employing an open innovation model and IP infringement is still the primary concern. EU firms are most interested in selling obsolete technologies and licensing state-of-art technologies to China.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Knowledge-Based Innovation in China
Volume3
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)136-156
ISSN1756-1418
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • IP protection
  • Patents
  • Open innovation
  • Licensing
  • Technology transfer
  • China

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