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An important conference on the theme ”Beyond Technological Innovation and Diffusion” was held at the Tusher Center for the Management of Intellectual Capital at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in December 2016, partly in honor of the late Prof. Nathan Rosenberg. Ove Granstrand participated a. o. in a roundtable discussion with R. Nelson, K. Arrow, G. Dosi, D. Mowery, P. David, G. Wright, chaired by D. Teece, on the scholarly contributions of Nathan Rosenberg and the importance of economic history of technology. More personal dinner speeches by Ove Granstrand and others on Nathan Rosenberg as a scholarly person can be viewed here:

Marcus Holgersson is currently a visiting researcher at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, USA.

UC Berkeley, typically ranked as the top public university in the US, has a very strong track record within intellectual property related research across many disciplines, such as law, economics, and management. The university houses prominent scholars such as Henry Chesbrough, Bronwyn Hall, Robert Merges, David Mowery, Carl Shapiro, and David Teece, just to name a few of the ones who have made important contributions to the IP field.

Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley has a strong tradition in studying the management and economics of innovation in general, and open innovation, IP management, and business models more specifically.

Marcus says: “During my stay here I hope to develop my network of academic colleagues across the world, learn from some of the most insightful scholars in the field, and develop my own research on IP management in relation to open innovation and digitalization.”

We are happy to announce that we have received funding from Vinnova for a new project on intellectual property management in digitalizing businesses. This project is part of a larger effort from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation in Sweden, with help from Vinnova and PRV, to increase our knowledge about how to manage IP to improve our competitiveness.  Our project is one out of three research projects that will contribute in this effort.

The purpose of the research project is to explore and explain the role of IPM for various business strategies in order to create sustainable innovativeness and competitiveness in Swedish companies in connection to digitalization.

We will soon start the recruitment of a new PhD student who will work within this project, so please check back soon for more information on that.

Read more about the project here.

Two of our researchers, Ove Granstrand and Marcus Holgersson, recently presented some of their research at a seminar in Stockholm arranged by the IP consultancy firm Awapatent. The seminar focused on how technology-based startup firms can make use of patenting to support their businesses. Much of the seminar focused on the importance of patents for attracting venture capital. In addition to our researchers, the seminar also included discussions by venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and consultants.

Read more about the event here:
http://www.awapatent.com/en/news-archive/2016/october/patents-help-startups-raise-investment/
http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.666340/startup-patent-riskkapital

“I cannot reasonably argue that I own my face or my name,” comedian Stephen Colbert told his Late Show audience recently with mock seriousness. Colbert was publicly responding to a letter from Viacom that the Stephen Colbert cable news satire character was their intellectual property and not his.  Colbert went on to say that the Colbert character was gone forever but would now be replaced by his “identical twin cousin” also named Stephen Colbert, as explained here by Colbert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvkFkzpVYJ4

One of our researchers, Thomas Ewing, was interviewed about the case in The Takeaway, a US national morning radio show broadcast with Public Radio International and WNYC, with The New York Times and WGBH Boston. The program reaches more than 2 million listeners across 280 stations nationwide.

Listen to the interview here:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/stephen-colberts-television-persona-intellectual-property