Analysis of Internet Patenting Strategies of E-commerce Firms

Biju Paul Abraham

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Abstract: Patents and patent applications are important indicators of innovative activity in industrial R & D, especially in areas such as Information Technology (IT), where technology growth is rapid. Within the IT sector this is especially true of patents for Internet-related technologies where patenting is often the only way by which entry-barriers can be erected against competitors. This paper presents the analysis of Internet-related patent applications that have been filed under the Paris Cooperation Treaty (PCT) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by fourteen major international firms.[Working Paper No. 532]

Keywords: Patents; Information Technology; Internet-related technologies; Paris Cooperation Treaty (PCT); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); international firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06
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