- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Molecular and industrial biotechnology (cod. 9213)
Learning outcomes
Students will become familar with the main economic issues related to intellectual property rights and the protection of innovations
Course contents
1. Innovation and market failure
2. Private and social value of innovations
3. Models of R&D investment
4. Optimal protection of intellectual property
5. Sequential innovation
6. Patents on research tools
7. Patent licensing
8. Trade secrets
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes will be circulated
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written final exam
Teaching tools
Additional references will be provided during the lectures
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò