Universities and Intellectual Property: Ownership and Exploitation

by Ann Louise Monotti and Sam Ricketson

The vital role played by universities in producing creative and innovative products (protected by intellectual property) is becoming increasingly recognized both by policy makers and by the universities themselves. The universities are now often looking to tighten up their policies on
intellectual property so as to maximize revenue, for instance through spin-off companies; but this arguably restricts the free flow of knowledge and scientific progress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198265948
• ISBN13: 9780198265948
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 697 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"