- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Law and Economics (cod. 9221)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have acquired an understanding of how intellectual property rights work and what objectives policymakers may pursue when designinf intellectual property. Students will also have an understanding of how firms can strategically exploit intellectual property rights to get a competitive advantage over rivals
Course contents
1. Types of intellectual property rights
2. Innovation and market failures
3. private and social value of innovations
4. Models of R&D investment
5. Oprimal protection of intellectual property
6. Optimal combination of length and breadth
7. Sequential innovation
8. Patents v. trade secrets
9. Complementary innovations
Readings/Bibliography
S. Scotchmer, Innovation and Incentives, MIT Press, 2004
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written, closed book exam
Teaching tools
Lecture notes will be circulated
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò