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Patent Aggregating Companies: Their strategies, activities and options for producing companies 2013th Edition
Author(s): Frauke Rüther (Author)
- Publisher: Springer Gabler
- Publication Date: 25 Sept. 2012
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 243 pages
- ISBN-10: 3834944548
- ISBN-13: 9783834944542
Book Description
Entering the post-industrial age, knowledge has become an important asset for sustained competitive advantage. In recent years, a new type of patent acquirers has emerged. These companies do not produce goods and therefore, do not need patents in their historical meaning, they acquire patents and aggregate patent portfolios and little is known about them. This book defines patent aggregating companies and explores their strategies, activities, and their evolution over time, as well as how producing companies can utilize them to leverage their patent portfolios.
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From the Back Cover
Entering the post-industrial age, knowledge has become an important asset for sustained competitive advantage. In recent years, a new type of patent acquirers has emerged. These companies do not produce goods and therefore, do not need patents in their historical meaning. However, they acquire patents and aggregate patent portfolios and little is known about them. Frauke Rüther defines patent aggregating companies and explores their strategies, activities, and their evolution over time, as well as how producing companies can utilize them to leverage their patent portfolios.
About the Author
Frauke Rüther was Research Associate at the Institute of Technology Management of the University of St. Gallen.
