- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Law and Economics (cod. 9221)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Law and Economics (cod. 5913)
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from Feb 13, 2023 to Mar 20, 2023
Course contents
1. Patents, copyrights and trade secrects
2. Market failures: Knowledge as a public good
3. Private and social value of innovations
4. Models of investment in R&D
5. Optimal life of intellectual property right
6. The optimal combination of breadth and length
7. Sequential innovations
8. Complementary innovation
9. Prizes v. intellectual property
10. Trade secrets
Readings/Bibliography
S. Scotchmer, Innovation and incentives, MIT Press, 2004
Teaching methods
Lectures and classes
Assessment methods
Closed-book, written exam
Meaning of the final mark:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Lecture slides and lecture notes
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò