1: Introduction
Part 1 : The economics of patents
2: Historical insights
3: Patents as an incentive to innovate
4: Patents as a market instrument
5: Patent design
Part 2: The European patent system
6: Patent procedures and filing strategies at the EPO
7: Hot 'Patent' issues: Quantitative Evidence
8: The European Patent System at the Crossroad
Dominique Guellec is Principal Economist at the OECD (Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development) in Paris. He conducts
policy oriented analysis on the economic aspects of intellectual
property rights (IPR), notably patents, and develops statistics in
the field. Until December 2005, he was Chief Economist of the
European Patent Office in Munich, with the task of informing EPO
policy for economic related matters and to conduct studies and
projects on
economic aspects of patenting in Europe. Bruno van Pottelsberghe de
la Potterie is Chief Economist of the European Patent Office (EPO).
He has been professor at the Brussels' University (ULB) since
September 1999 and as holder of the Solvay S.A. Chair of Innovation
he teaches courses related to the economics and management of
innovation and intellectual property. Until November 2005, he was
Vice-president of the Solvay Business School, Director of its MBA
Programs and of its International Exchange Program. In the past he
has worked at the OECD, as a visiting researcher at the Columbia
Business School (NYC) and at the Research Institute of the METI
(Tokyo), and has been visiting Professor
at the Institute of Innovation Research of Hitotsubashi University
(Tokyo) and at the University of Stellenbosh Business School (Cape
Town).
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