Patents and Innovations
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2400-SU2TS34 |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.3
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Patents and Innovations |
Jednostka: | Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych |
Grupy: | |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | seminaria magisterskie |
Skrócony opis: |
Master seminar for all students at the master level to write a thesis on innovations and patents. Searching for answers to questions on relations between patenting and innovativeness of firms and the economy: Does patent system help to create innovations or stops diffusion of innovations? What is a difference between pirating and imitating? Where is the barrier for patenting software? Case studies of different industries, firms, software etc. |
Pełny opis: |
1. Rationale for Patents and Intellectual Property Rights 2. Pillars of Patent System 3. Social Costs of Patenting 4. Innovation Cycle and Patenting 5. Complementary Innovations 6. Patents and Imitations 7. Global Innovation – Open Innovation 8. Democratizing Innovation - User Open Innovation 9. The Wealth of Networks – The Networked Information Economy 10. Global Innovation Index rankings 2011 11. Case Studies (sectors of the economy, firms, software) 8. Democratizing Innovation - User Open Innovation 9. The Wealth of Networks – The Networked Information Economy 10. Global Innovation Index rankings 2011 11. Case Studies (sectors of the economy, firms, software) |
Literatura: |
Acemoglu, D., & Akcigit, U. (2012). Intellectual property rights policy, competition and innovation. Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(1), 1-42. Aghion, P., Bloom, N., Blundell, R., Griffith, R., & Howitt, P. (2005). Competition and innovation_an inverted-U relationship. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(2), 701-728. Arrow, K., 1962, Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention, in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, pp. 609-626, NBER. Benkler Y., The Wealth of Networks, 2006, Yale University Press oraz opendocument.odt Bessen, J., & Maskin, E. (2009). Sequential innovation, patents, and imitation. The RAND Journal of Economics, 40(4), 611-635. Boldrin, M., & Levine, D. (2002). The case against intellectual property. American Economic Review, 209-212. European Patent Office, EPO, Annual Reports. Hippel, E., The Sources of Innovation, 1988, Oxford University Press, pp. 3-56. Lemley, M. A., & Shapiro, C. (2005). Probabilistic patents. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 75-98. Machlup F., 1958, An Economic Review of the Patent System, Study of the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the United States Senate, Washington. Stiglitz J. E., 2014, Intellectual Property Rights, the Pool of Knowledge, and Innovation, NBER Working Paper No. 20014. The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014. The Global Innovation Index 2013. World Intellectual Property Indicators 2013, WIPO. Papers chosen by students for particular topics. |
Efekty uczenia się: |
Upon the course completion (lecture, discussions) a student: - is able to define a research problem - is able to analyze the literature and choose a method of research analysis - is able to verify the hypothesis and write a thesis. KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KU03, KK01, KK02, KK03 |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
Assessment of the outline and method of writing master thesis |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych.