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Using a novel panel data set of Japanese inventors, we investigate how monetary incentives affect corporate inventors' behavior and performance. Furthermore, we analyze how these incentives interact with intrinsic motivation. Our findings are as follows: (1) While introducing or raising revenue-based payments is associated with higher patent quality, such schemes decrease the number of citations to non-patent literature; (2) the strength of intrinsic motivation - measured by the importance of the inventors’ interest in contributing to the advancement of science (“taste for science” hereafter) - raises the inventors' patent productivity; and (3) the taste for science weakens the marginal effect of monetary incentives on inventive productivity, and further reinforces the negative effect of monetary incentives on the inventors’ backward citations from non-patent literature.

Hat das Trennungsprinzip eine Zukunft?
Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, Vorsitzender Richter am Bundesgerichtshof

Der Vortrag ist Teil des Patentrechtszyklus 2014 "Patentrecht in der Krise?" des Max-Planck-Instituts für Innovation und Wettbewerb. Er findet (ausnahmsweise) statt

am Donnerstag, den 27. November 2014, um 18.00 Uhr, im Raum E10 des MPI für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, 80539 München.

Wir bitten um Anmeldung bis zum Montag, den 24. November 2014.Weitere Informationen finden Sie in der Einladung im Anhang. Bitte leiten Sie diese auch gerne an Interessierte weiter.

The "[IP]² - Intellectual Property in Practice" group is glad to announce the next seminar on "Patent Monetisation at Fraunhofer Society".

We cordially invite you to attend the presentation and participate in the discussion on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, between 6:00 and 7:00pm in Room E10 at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Marstallplatz 1, Munich.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Christian Schamper of the Patents and Licensing Department at Fraunhofer Society, one of the leading research organizations for applied sciences in Germany. More information on the speaker and the organization can be found below. Dr. Schamper's presentation will last around 30 minutes. As in previous seminars, the other half of the seminar is dedicated to questions and discussion. 

About the speaker - Dr. Christian Schamper
Christian Schamper is responsible for Patent Strategies and Utilization in Patents and Licensing Department at the Fraunhofer Society headquarter in Munich. For more than ten years he has been developing and implementing tools for patent generation and monetization. His responsibilities include patent strategy, licensing programs and patent assertion. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics from the LMU Munich. Before joining Fraunhofer Society he worked in sales, management consulting and business development.

About the organization - Fraunhofer Society
Fraunhofer Society is one of the largest organizations for applied research in Europe. Research contracts from industry and the public sector contribute more than two-thirds to the Fraunhofer budget. Stand-alone licensing programs are seen as a promising approach to generate additional income from the industry. In order to recognize and realize this potential, it is necessary to understand the market and seek partnerships where appropriate. The presentation gives an overview of Fraunhofer's approach to patent monetization.

We present an empirical analysis of the effects of patent thickets at the European Patent Office on entry into patenting by UK firms. Using a direct measure of patent thicket density, we provide evidence for the existence and growth of patent thickets in specific industries, notably in telecommunications, audiovisual technology, and computer technology. Our analysis indicates that the density of patent thickets is associated with reduced entry into patenting in the particular technology area (controlling for the level of patenting in that area). We find this effect to be particularly pronounced for electronics and telecommunications. It is also stronger for smaller than for large companies.

A question of considerable interest in a world of tightened resources is the relationship between research outputs to research inputs. At the national level, policy makers want to know the degree to which more funding leads to more research. At the micro level, funding agencies want to know the degree to which research can be attributed to the funds invested in researchers. These types of questions are sometimes answered by relating the amount of direct funding investigators receive from a foundation or agency to the number of articles published in the next two or three years.

The approach of relating publications to agency funding (PAF) highlights two issues encountered in examining the relationship between research inputs and outputs. The first is one of attribution: exactly which articles should be attributed to what funding stream? In the PAF approach all articles published in the next few years are attributed to total agency funding received in a given year. Yet some articles undoubtedly result from funding received prior to the year being studied while others relate to funding received in future years. The PAF approach also assumes that all articles can be attributed to funding from one agency. Yet many researchers have funding from more than one agency.

The Graduation Ceremony of the MIPLC's 11th class will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rococo Hall of Augsburg (Rokokosaal der Regierung von Schwaben), Fronhof 10, 86152 Augsburg, Germany.

You will receive a formal invitation in due time, but kindly save the date for this event even now.

We look forward to celebrating with you the successful completion of the LL.M. program "Intellectual Property and Competition Law" by the class of 2013/14.

Das nächste Institutsseminar findet am Dienstag, 11. November 2014 um 18.00 Uhr s.t. im Raum E 10, Hauptgebäude, statt.

Natalia Lukaszewicz wird sprechen über "A study on patent use exception for user-generated inventions. The Maker movement meets patent law".Franciska Schönherr wird moderieren.

Bitte denken Sie daran, dass die Teilnahme aller Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Abteilungen für Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht erwartet wird. Es wird eine Anwesenheitsliste ausliegen.

Gerne möchten wir Sie auf den Vortrag:

Die Rolle des EPA in einem globalisierten Umfeld
Raimund Lutz, Vizepräsident des Europäischen Patentamtsaufmerksam machen und Sie dazu sehr herzlich einladen.

Der Vortrag ist Teil des Patentrechtszyklus 2014 "Patentrecht in der Krise?" des Max-Planck-Instituts für Innovation und Wettbewerb. Er findet statt am Freitag, den 31. Oktober 2014, um 18.00 Uhr, im Raum E 10 des MPI für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, 80539 München.

Im Anschluss an den Vortrag wird es einen Empfang zu Ehren von HerrnProf. Dr. Rudolf Kraßer geben, zu dem Sie ebenfalls herzlich eingeladen sind. Herr Prof. Dres. h.c. Joseph Straus wird zu diesem Anlass eine Laudatio halten.

Nils Wahl has been Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 28 November 2012. Previously, he was Judge at the General Court from 7 October 2006 to 28 November 2012, Chairman of the Swedish Network for European Legal Research (2001-06), member of the Council for Competition Law Matters (2001-06), Managing Director of an educational foundation (1993-2004), Professor of European Law, University of Stockholm (2001); Associate Professor (docent) and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law (1995), Doctor of Laws, University of Stockholm (1995).

Max Planck Lecture Series: Future Challenges of Competition Policy after 10 Years of Modernisation

The tenth anniversary of the entry into force of Regulation No. 1/2003 and of the Merger Control Regulation No. 139/2004 commemorates the most significant competition policy projects of the last decade: modernisation, decentralisation and the more economic approach. The project of modernisation has led to enforcement procedures and decisions which exhibit novel characteristics. Decentralisation has expanded the role of national competition authorities and has also assigned special European responsibility to these authorities. The more economic approach has laid the grounds for novel strands of arguments. In addition, the tenth anniversary of EU enlargement marks a decade of direct application of competition law in the formerly socialist EU Member States.

Against the background of these major upheavals, the lecture series intends to take a forward looking approach by focussing on the future challenges, necessities and developments of EU competition policy. Central actors of EU competition policy, academics and experts from the legal and economic profession are invited to engage in a critical discourse.

We are pleased to invite you!Please register until 10 October 2014 with delia.zirilli(at)ip.mpg.de.

Dr. Gerd von Laffert
Leiter des Referats Energiepolitische Grundsatzfragen, Energierecht, Bayer. Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technologie.

Urban Windelen
Geschäftsführer, Bundesverband Energiespeicher.

Christoph Dany
Energiepolitische Grundsatzfragen, Kontaktbüro Berlin, Stadtwerke München.

Andreas Flamm
Director of Regulatory Affairs Europe, Entelios AG - an EnerNOC Company.

Dr. Werner Schnappauf
Bayer. Staatsminister a.D. für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz.Philipp WolffGeschäftsführer, Deutsches CleanTech Institut.