When copying gets costly: intellectual property
Article Abstract:
Japanese high-tech firms have had to sign licensing agreements with Americans holding patents for such devices as the auto-focus mechanism used by cameras and the integrated circuit. The first-to-invent rule of US patent law hinders large Japanese firms accustomed to patent laws run on a first-to-file basis.
Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
International aspects, Patents (International law), Patent licenses, Patent licensing
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Summer bargains: corporate values in Japan
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Many Japanese corporations have alarming price-to-book ratios and would be prime takeover possibilities if they were US companies. Thus far, most have avoided hostile takeovers, but small companies are faring worst.
Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Subjects list: Japan, Finance, Corporations, Corporations, Japanese
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