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University patenting and technology commercialization – legal frameworks and the importance of local practice

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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:51 authored by Dagmara Weckowska, Jordi Molas-Gallart, Puay Tang, David Twigg, Elena Castro-Martinez, Izabela Kijenska-Dabrowska, Dirk Libaers, Koenraad Debackere, Martin Meyer
The impact of national legislative frameworks on the higher education sector's contribution to technological innovation is heavily disputed. This paper argues that legislative frameworks may stimulate the development of local practices for the management and exploitation of intellectual property (IP), which in turn determine the level of academic patenting. We present case studies of two comparable universities in each of four selected European countries with different histories of national IP legislation. A within-country analysis shows that a wider range and earlier development of local IP management and exploitation practices are accompanied by higher levels of academic patenting, and that increasing similarity of IP practices is associated with decreasing differences in patenting outputs. A preliminary cross-country analysis reveals an expansion in and increasing similarity of practices for IP management and exploitation in countries with different national IP framework histories. We conclude that adopting Bayh-Dole-like legislation may trigger the development of local IP practices, which stimulate patenting. However, it is not always sufficient and definitely not always necessary. The study concludes with some policy recommendations.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

R&D Management

ISSN

0033-6807

Publisher

Wiley

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1

Volume

48

Page range

88-108

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  • Business and Management Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-02-20

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-02-11

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-02-19

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