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The impacts of academic patenting and licensing on knowledge production and diffusion: a test of the anti‐commons effect in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Chang YuanChieh,
Yang Phil Y.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2008.00513.x-i1
Subject(s) - commons , knowledge production , production (economics) , business , test (biology) , intellectual property , diffusion , patent law , knowledge management , economics , political science , law , computer science , microeconomics , paleontology , physics , biology , thermodynamics
This paper empirically examines the emerging anti‐commons effect of academic patenting and licensing on knowledge production and diffusion in Taiwan. Through a dataset of 229 Taiwanese academic patent inventors, the results reveal that the anti‐commons effect is not significant as expected. However, this effect has becomes more vivid in application‐oriented research and disclosure delay while academic patent inventors have involved more in licensing activities. Programs to encourage academic licensing should be aware of the side effects on academic knowledge production and diffusion.