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"Economics of Intellectual Property Rights"

Helsinki School of Economics

Technology Policy and Management Course 38C02000, Spring 2006

Last updated 5.10.2006

Re-exam (11.9) results

Exam and essay results

• Course outline

The deadline for the essay: Tuesday 16.5., midnight.

• Reading-list

The course text book is Suzanne Scotchmer (2004) "Incentives and Innovation", MIT Press

See also her course homepage

• The book was available for browsing at the Department (Chydenia 4th Floor) but somebody has taken it. You can get the book for overnight loan from Tuomo Nikulainen (Chydenia room 4.12, tel. (09 4313 38282) or from me. Please try to cooperate so that everybody has an access for the book.

Required material for the exam:

- Lectures (including the guest lectures) 

- Chapters 1-6 and 9-10 from the book.

- A part of Lerner's JoF 2002 article on finance patents (background material for the last lecture)

LECTURES

• Introduction to IPRs, Law. Lecture 3.11.2005
• Introduction to IPRs, Economics. Lecture 8.11.2005

1. Lecture 13.3.2006: "Introduction"
2. Lecture 15.3.2006: "Basic effects of IP on innovation and welfare"
3. Lecture 20.3.2006:  "Basic law and economics of patents"
4. Lecture 22.3.2006:  "Optimal design of IP: duration"
5. Lecture 27.3.2006: "Optimal design of IP: structuring breadth and duration"

-  Takalo (2001) "On the Optimal Patent Policy", Finnish Economic Papers, 14, 33-40.

6. Lecture 29.3.2006: "Cumulative innovation and IP policy"
7. Lecture 3.4.2006:  "Cumulative innovation and management of IP"
8. Lecture 5.4.2006: "Basic corporate IP strategy: patenting vs. secrecy"

- Cohen, W.M, R.R. Nelson, and J. P. Walsh (2000) Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why US Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not). NBER WP no. 7552

9. Lecture 10.4.2006: "Competition policy and IP"

THE FIRST GUEST LECTURE 12.4.

-  Heidi Merikalla, Borenius & Kemppinen.

THE SECOND GUEST LECTURE 19.4.

-   Ville Oksanen, Electronic Frontier Finland.

An article  (in Finnish) about Oksanen in Ylioppilaslehti

THE THIRD GUEST LECTURE 24.4.

-  Olli Ilmarinen, Product Manager, Marketing and Business Services Unit

 National Board of Patents and Registration in Finland  ("The Finnish P.O")

THE FOURTH GUEST LECTURE 26.4.

- Xavier Carpentier, IPR manager, Nokia Corporation 

The notes for lectures by Merikalla, Oksanen, and Carpentier are available from me.

10. Lecture 3.5.2006  "Innovation and IPRs in financial services"

- Josh Lerner's Journal of Finance (2002) article (preprint version)

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