Individual versus institutional ownership of university-discovered inventions

Dirk Czarnitzki, Thorsten Doherr, Katrin Hussinger, Paula Schliessler and Andrew A. Toole
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Thorsten Doherr: CREA, Université de Luxembourg
Andrew A. Toole: Us Dept of Agriculture, Washington

DEM Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

Abstract: We examine how the ownership of intellectual property rights influences patenting of university- discovered inventions. In 2002, Germany transferred patent rights from faculty members to their universities. To identify the effect on the volume of patenting, we exploit the researcher-level exogeneity of the 2002 policy change using a novel researcher-level panel database that includes a control group not affected by the law change. For professors who had existing industry connections, the policy decreased patenting, but for those without prior industry connections, it increased patenting. Overall, fewer university inventions were patented following the shift from inventor to institutional ownership.

Keywords: Intellectual property; patents; technology transfer; policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O34 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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