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  • March 2010 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies

By: Willy C. Shih
Tessera Technologies has been very successful developing technologies for the semiconductor and mobile device industry, and then licensing them broadly to manufacturers. In addition to licensing patents, it also supplies know-how to help manufacturers move into... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Innovation Strategy; Patents; Courts and Trials; Rights; Mobile Technology; Semiconductor Industry; California
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Shih, Willy C. "Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 610-085, March 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
  • March 2011 (Revised June 2012)
  • Case

Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

By: Willy Shih, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki and Courtney Hyland
Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP licensing, but he is trying to do it in an environment with weak property rights and an underdeveloped support infrastructure. As the managing... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Patents; Knowledge Management; Law Enforcement; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; China
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Shih, Willy, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki, and Courtney Hyland. "Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 611-057, March 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
  • 05 Dec 2013
  • Op-Ed

Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents

Like many people interested in the tangled connections between health care progress and intellectual property rights, I avidly followed the Myriad Genetics case, decided by the Supreme Court this June 13. In sum, molecular diagnostics... View Details
Keywords: by Richard G. Hamermesh; Biotechnology; Health
  • July 2010
  • Background Note

Remedies for Patent Infringement under U.S. Law

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
Under the U.S. Patent Act, a patent owner has a statutory right to exclude others from engaging in the unauthorized production, use, sale, or importation of a patented invention. This note examines how that right is enforced and what remedies a patent owner has when... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Patents; Law Enforcement; Rights; United States
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Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad Carr. "Remedies for Patent Infringement under U.S. Law." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-020, July 2010.
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
  • 2013
  • Book

Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline

By: Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills
Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; United States
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Rosefielde, Steven, and Daniel Quinn Mills. Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • July 2023 (Revised July 2025)
  • Case

Miracle Therapeutics: Negotiating an IP License (A)

By: Satish Tadikonda, Michael Singer, William Marks and Wendi Yajnik
(General Experience Case) Beth Sharp and Jennifer Brilliant founded Miracle Therapeutics based on intellectual property developed by Brilliant and her post-doctoral student, John Supreme, in Brilliant’s lab at Elite University (EU). Miracle will have to obtain a... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Patents; Negotiation Process
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Tadikonda, Satish, Michael Singer, William Marks, and Wendi Yajnik. "Miracle Therapeutics: Negotiating an IP License (A)." Harvard Business School Case 824-020, July 2023. (Revised July 2025.)
  • December 2010 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright were fascinated by the mystery of flight and they built on the ideas of prominent earlier figures such as Octave Chanute (1832-1910) the French-born American who was influential in fostering the free exchange of ideas... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Knowledge Sharing; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; Europe; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines." Harvard Business School Case 811-034, December 2010. (Revised March 2015.)
  • May 2009 (Revised June 2009)
  • Case

Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Ani Krishni Satchcroft
In April 2005, Alexandra was the owner of an Australian farm that produced olives, including Kalamata table olives. Alexandra had invested in the expansion of her farm in anticipation of the evolution of her market from domestic trade in Australia to international... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Trademarks; Rights; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union; Australia
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Pozen, Robert C., and Ani Krishni Satchcroft. Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (A). Harvard Business School Case 309-114, May 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

The Need for Speed: Effects of Uncertainty Reduction in Patenting

By: Mike Horia Teodorescu
Patents are essential in commerce to establish property rights for ideas and to give equal protection to firms that develop new technologies. Young firms especially depend on the protection of intellectual property to bring a product from concept to market. However,... View Details
Keywords: Startups; Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning; Patents; Business Startups; Risk and Uncertainty; Outcome or Result; Green Technology Industry
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Teodorescu, Mike Horia. "The Need for Speed: Effects of Uncertainty Reduction in Patenting." Working Paper, September 2017. (Job Market Paper.)
  • February 2018
  • Background Note

Patent Trolling

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers and George Hou
The U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Ecosystem is one of the most robust and dynamic in the world—and has been for centuries. The bedrock of this system is the "patent," a legal document that allows its holder exclusive commercialization rights of a part of the "idea... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States
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Cohen, Lauren H., Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers, and George Hou. "Patent Trolling." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-085, February 2018.
  • 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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Bagley, Constance E. "Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-137, April 2006.
  • January 2017
  • Teaching Note

The Park Hotels: Revitalizing an Iconic Indian Brand

By: Jill Avery and Chekitan S. Dev
Priya Paul, chairwoman of The Park Hotels, an award-winning portfolio of thirteen boutique hotels scattered across India, was in the midst of a brand revitalization program. Landor Associates, a leading brand consultancy, had identified three areas of concern: the... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Positioning; Brand Portfolio Strategy; Brand Architecture; Brand Repositioning; Target Market; Hospitality; Hotel Industry; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Service Delivery; Travel Industry; Service Industry; India; Asia
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Avery, Jill, and Chekitan S. Dev. "The Park Hotels: Revitalizing an Iconic Indian Brand." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 517-076, January 2017.
  • 2000
  • Working Paper

The Logic of the First Amendment

By: Clifford G. Holderness, Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
We develop a framework that is applicable to all freedom of expression disputes. Our framework is based on the meaning of freedom which is based on the meaning of scarcity, and which, in turn, is based on the existence of physical incompatibilities. To maximize... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Property; Conflict and Resolution; United States
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Holderness, Clifford G., Michael C. Jensen, and William H. Meckling. "The Logic of the First Amendment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-064, March 2000.
  • 2008
  • Book

Mexico Since 1980

By: Stephen Haber, Herb Klein, Noel Maurer and Kevin Middlebrook
This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Law Enforcement; Welfare or Wellbeing; Mexico
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Haber, Stephen, Herb Klein, Noel Maurer, and Kevin Middlebrook. Mexico Since 1980. World Since 1980. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • October 1995
  • Article

Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects

By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Rights; Employees; Innovation and Invention; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Sharing; Capital; Profit
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Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 11, no. 2 (October 1995): 362–378. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
  • 04 Apr 2008
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Who Owns Intellectual Property?

rights only limit the growth of innovation"? The "societal view" of intellectual property was taken by Harsh Honmode, who said " ... a lifelong royalty on ideas will only dampen the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

and electricity companies. The news headlines make the arrival of a new book on protecting foreign investment more prescient. Professor Louis T. Wells and coauthor Rafiq Ahmed recently published Making Foreign Investment Safe: Property... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
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Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration

The Empire Trap:  America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details

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The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers
The last decade has seen a sharp rise in patent litigation in the U.S., with 2015 having one of the highest patent lawsuit counts on record. In theory, this could be a consequence of growth in the commercialization of technology and innovation—patent lawsuits increase... View Details
Keywords: Patent Aggregators; Patent Litigation; Patent Pools; Patent Trolls; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States
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Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling." Science 352, no. 6285 (April 29, 2016): 521–522. (Explanatory Video.)
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