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  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the United States Patent and View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 04 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

negative productivity effects of WFA, due to a lack of learning from co-located peers and increased coordination costs. We study the effects of WFA on productivity at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and exploit two... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
  • Background Note

Intellectual Property and Strategy

By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
Explores the role of intellectual property in firms' strategies. Explains the legal and strategic differences between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and explores the multiple ways firms use these different legal protections to gain competitive... View Details
Keywords: Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Competitive Advantage; Value
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  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy firms. In 2009, the top 20 firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

wound ointment for thousands of years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office revoked the patent in 1997. The case illustrates the issue of "bio-piracy," wherein patentees charge rents for the use of herbal remedies that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology
  • November 2009
  • Case

Cisco Acquires Linksys

By: David F. Hawkins
Students must suggest ways to value intangible assets, including trademarks, acquired by Cisco in the Linksys acquisition. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trademarks; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry
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  • April 2006
  • Background Note

Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets

Describes the third module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way in which intellectual property rights--as protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets--enable firms... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Patents; Competitive Advantage; Trademarks; Copyright
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  • January 2018 (Revised February 2023)
  • Teaching Note

The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
This teaching note pairs with the case entitled: “The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO” (case no. 617-027). View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Telework; Collaborating With Unions; Recruitment; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Knowledge Sharing; Technology Adoption; District of Columbia
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  • September 1996 (Revised December 2000)
  • Background Note

Protection of Intellectual Property in the United States, The

By: Myra M. Hart and Howard G. Zaharoff
Presents an overview of U.S. laws/systems in place to safeguard intellectual property rights. Includes a brief history of the development of the laws. Attention is given to patents, licenses, copyrights, trade secrets, trade and service markets, and non-disclosure and... View Details
Keywords: Trademarks; Patents; Copyright; Laws and Statutes; Agreements and Arrangements; United States
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  • July 2017
  • Article

Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China

By: Lily Fang, Josh Lerner and Chaopeng Wu
Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects innovation in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Innovation increases after SOE privatizations, and this increase... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Privatization; State Ownership; Trademarks; Copyright; Innovation and Invention; China
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  • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
  • Background Note

Note on Generic Drugs in the European Union

By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth M. Leonard
Rules governing the introduction of generic drugs in U.S. and EU have some similarities but significant differences because of the Hatch-Waxman Act in the U.S. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Trademarks; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; United States
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  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

Clark needed to decide whether to pursue patents, copyrights, and/or trademarks for various aspects of the new product. The case focuses on the interplay between marketing strategies and intellectual property issues in international... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

its signature product, familiarly known as Bubble Wrap but trademarked as AirCap, consisted of a flexible, clear plastic sheet containing regularly spaced air bubbles of uniform size. AirCap cushioning differed from all other bubble... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

capital. We examine productivity differentials between machine learning and older vintage technology based on interactions with two important human capital attributes: domain-specific expertise and vintage-specific human capital. Our experimental setting simulates the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408036 The Battle of Union Square Harvard Business School Case 208-036 Union Square Ventures, a private equity firm founded in 2003, filled a trademark infringement suit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

trademarks and famous names, in hopes that users will accidentally request these sites-whereupon they will receive, typically, advertisements. This piece presents the basic typosquatting business model, based on my analysis of more than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Fawn Weaver’s Entrepreneurial Journey as an Outsider in the Spirits Industry

Keywords: Re: Hise O. Gibson; Food & Beverage; Tourism
  • 04 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

note. Fold in the recent rise of remote work amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the question arises: Has the trend peaked? Tech history as told by patents To look at the trends, Kerr and Chattergoon examined detailed filings from the US Patent and View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 27 Jul 2019
  • Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

well-grooved process to deal with copyright and trademarked content that could be applied to user-generated content, where you would give notice, require a timely response, and pursue legal means if unsatisfied. Another idea would be to... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our findings illuminate the micro-foundations of innovation in firms by highlighting a trade-off between organizing patenting activity to maximize scope versus speed. Publisher's link:... View Details

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