Springer Economic Impacts of Intellectual Property-Conditioned Government Incentives

This book provides new insights into the economic impacts, strategic objectives and legal structures of an emerging branch of government incentives conditioned on meeting intellectual property-related requirements. Despite becoming more common in recent years, such incentives – ranging from patent fee subsidies and patent box tax deductions to inventor remuneration schemes – are still under-researched. A diverse range of analytical methods, including econometric analyses, case studies and comparative legal analysis, are used to study these incentives in countries in Europe and China. Scholars, policymakers and practitioners can benefit from the conceptual and practical insights as well as policy recommendations provided. From the Back Cover This book provides new insights into the economic impacts, strategic objectives and legal structures of an emerging branch of government incentives conditioned on meeting intellectual property-related requirements. Despite becoming more common in recent years, such incentives – ranging from patent fee subsidies and patent box tax deductions to inventor remuneration schemes – are still under researched. In-depth empirical studies from China and Europe of interest to scholars as well as policymakers and practitioners are presented. Readers benefit from the conceptual and practical insights as well as policy recommendations provided. About the Author Dan Prud’homme is a Technical Expert in the Beijing office of the “IP Key” Project implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office and supported by the European Patent Office. He is also a Research Collaborator at the GLORAD Center for Global R&D and Innovation at Tongji University, China, and Adjunct Lecturer in intellectual property management at the Sino-Danish Center at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dan’s research focuses on the intersecting economic, strategic management, and legal aspects of intellectual property and innovation, and resulting implications for policymakers and managers. Dan has served as a researcher at the Institute of Policy and Management of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, managed the IPR and R&D groups at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, and worked as a consultant at an international economics consultancy and two international law firms. He has published a book, and articles in international academic and practitioner journals, on intellectual property and innovation.  Song Hefa is a Professor at the Institute of Policy and Management of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS IPM) and the Deputy Director of the Centre for IPR Research and Training of CAS IPM. Dr. Song received his PhD in Management Science and Engineering from the Graduate University of CAS, and Master’s in Public Administration from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on intellectual property rights and innovation policy. He has conducted numerous IPR and innovation policy research projects sponsored by the State Intellectual Property Office of China and Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and has provided numerous key policy recommendations to the central government. He became an accredited Chinese patent attorney in 1993 and has extensive experience advising well-known hi-tech companies, such as Huawei and Lenovo, on IP issues relating to software and communication technologies. He also designed the IPR training courses of CAS, and drafted IP policies for CAS including the Guideline for IPR Works of CAS, the Policy for the Professional Qualification Examination for IPR Management of CAS, and the Professional Qualification Examination outline for IPR specialists of CAS.  Johannes Holzer is Head of the Government Section and former Head of the Utility Model and Topography Section of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich. In the Office he also leads the section on intellectual property law and state supervision of c