Economic Analysis in the Context of the UK Supreme Court Decision in Unwired Planet vs Huawei
What are the economic effects of sanctioning a global FRAND rate with an injunction in the UK? Should a national Court set global FRAND rates? How can this affect the FRAND licensing rate? What impact can it have on an eco system consisting of downstream innovators, patent assertion entities and corporations acting both as standard […]
Economic Impact of the FRAND Injunction Issued in Unwired Planet vs Huawei
In Unwired Planet vs Huawei, the UK Supreme Court ruled that sanctioning a Global Frand rate with an injunction in the UK was justified and commensurate with the FRAND commitment. Against this background, this project embarked on assessing whether the issuance of a FRAND injunction was proportional to the value of the patents that justified […]
OxFirst research leads to 1st National IP Strategy of Austria
Faced with the twin challenge of being an innovation follower and lacking adequate linkages between IP and business, Austria found itself with a patent office that lacked the necessary means for a significant contribution to the country’s economy. This situation was reported as problematic by the National Controlling Office. Against this background we were approached […]
What is the Economic Impact of Quasi-Automatic Permanent Injunctions?
Our Approach We used a game theoretical model to assess the effects of various pan-European enforcement instruments at the pan European level on licensing negotiations. Impact The research was published with Oxford University Press and presented to various Ministries of Economy, Innovation, Science and Technology and Law at the national level, as well as to […]
Economic Impact of Patents for the Internet of Things
With the IoT constituting a major area for growth and competitiveness, it is important to identify European governance systems that help assure that. We studied how this can be achieved. Our Approach We undertook in-depth interviews with young entrepreneurs in the IoT space and discussed the role of distinct innovation approaches like IP, open source […]
Economic Impact of the Intermediary Liability Regime
To what extent does the intermediary liability regime promote an open internet, while at the same time assuring adequate investment rates in music? Created over a decade ago, our client felt it was time to undertake a factual assessment of the policy environment provided by the existing safe harbour regime. Our Contribution We undertook a […]
Economic Impact of Digital Music Royalties
A fragmented framework provided by the E.U. for collecting income from music online distorts royalty capture. This caused not only the record industry and collecting societies to make losses, but affects above all song writers and singers. Our Solution Our approach was to undertake an analysis of how much money artists lose under the current […]
Economic Impact of Standards
Our Approach We established various alliances, launched a joint petition, organized a workshop for European Parliament and the European Commission, presented at a host of conferences, blogged, published in academic fora as well as industry magazines, monitored online output as well as relevant output at the pan-European and national level. Impact We countered negative voices, […]
Economic Impact of IP Development Aid
One donor of IP related development aid was eager to assess the impact of IP related development assistance. In particular it was keen to establish the economic return on various IP related financial support schemes. Our Approach We used an institutional economics framework to map the impact of technical assistance on development aid. Impact We […]
Competitiveness and Open Access Licenses
The Austrian Council for Technology Development advises the Austrian Government on various Technology Policy Challenges. As such, it had to formulate a policy advise on Open Access. We were invited to provide a comprehensive assessment to help the Government manoeuvre through various policy challenges. Our Contribution We assessed a host of different policies across the […]