Managing Intellectual Property Using Patent Pools: Lessons from Three Generations of Pools in the Optical Disc Industry Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

The necessary licensing agreements invoke considerable transaction costs and royalty stacking. Often, it is in the interest of the technology sponsor to facilitate accessibility to essential IPR. Patent pools have remained useful in attaining this objective.

Managing Intellectual Property Using Patent Pools Lessons from Three Generations of Pools in the Optical Disc Industry Case Study Solution

The current informative article analyzes the experiences with three generations of patent pools in the optical disc business. Technology platforms have become more and more complex, which causes dilemmas that are new and results in a fragmentation of IPR among many pools. A novel "pool-of-pools" can address these.

PUBLICATION DATE: August 01, 2013 PRODUCT #: CMR543-HCB-ENG

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