Licensing and intellectual property

Business models

Renting out rights as the product. The advocacy books and the sceptical economics both belong on the shelf.

7 books

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  1. How Star Wars Conquered the UniverseChris Taylor, 2014
  2. Rembrandts in the AtticKevin G. Rivette, David Kline, 1999
  3. Patent FailureJames Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, 2008

Books 7

Rembrandts in the Attic
T2 Rembrandts in the Attic
Kevin G. Rivette, David Kline · 1999 · The book that turned dormant patent portfolios into a revenue line.
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Innovation and Its Discontents
T2 Innovation and Its Discontents
Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner · 2004 · How the patent system drifted from incentive to tax.
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Patent Failure
T2 Patent Failure
James Bessen, Michael J. Meurer · 2008 · Empirical case that outside pharma the patent system destroys value.
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Information Feudalism
T3 Information Feudalism
Peter Drahos, John Braithwaite · 2002 · How TRIPS globalised the IP rent model.
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Burning the Ships
T3 Burning the Ships
Marshall Phelps, David Kline · 2009 · Microsoft's IP chief on rebuilding a licensing business from litigation.
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The Invisible Edge
T3 The Invisible Edge
Mark Blaxill, Ralph Eckardt · 2009 · IP as competitive strategy rather than legal housekeeping.
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How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
T3 How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
Chris Taylor · 2014 · Merchandising rights outgrowing the films that created them.
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