Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S. Software Industry

Name: Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S. Software Industry
Cite: National Academies Press
Year: 2003
Bluebook cite: Stewart J. H. Graham & David C. Mowery, Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S. Software Industry , in PATENTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE -BASED ECONOMY 219 (Wesley M. Cohen & Stephen A. Merrill eds., 2003)
Author: Stewart J. H. Graham and David C. Mowery
URL: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10770&page=219
Item Type: book
Summary: Examines the history of the US software industry in relation to the way IP rights have changed over the same time period. The chapter also examines data from the 1980s and 1990s to better understand packed software firm and large firm patenting behavior. "Propensity to patent" (patents/R&D dollar) is used to show the changing importance of patenting to the firms studied.

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