Nanotechnology commercialization for managers and scientists / / edited by Wim Helwegen, Luca Escoffier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825350003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Pan Stanford Pub., , 2012
• ISBN: 0-429-09872-3; 1-283-59670-9; 9786613909152; 981-4364-38-X
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HelwegenWim; EscoffierLuca
• Disciplina: 620.5; 620/.5
• Soggetti: Nanostructured materials industry; Nanotechnology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction to the World of Nanotechnology; 2. Overview of Intellectual Property Rights; 3. Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in Europe; 4. Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in the United States; 5. How to Set Up an Effective IP Strategy and Manage a Nanotechnology-Based Patent Portfolio; 6. How to Identify Patent Infringements in the Nanotechnology Sector; 7. Licensing Issues in Nanotechnology; 8. IP Valuation: Principles and Applications in the Nanotechnology Industry; 9. Investing in Nanotechnology; 10. Technology Transfer and Nanomedicine with Special Reference to Sweden11. Public-Private Partnerships - an Example from the Netherlands: The Industrial Partnership Programme; 12. University and Employees' Inventions in Europe and the United States; 13. Environment, Health, and Safety Within the Nanotechnology Industry; 14. Regulation of Nanomaterials in the EU; 15. Nanomaterial Regulation in the United States
• Sommario/riassunto: The nanotechnology industry is a fast growing industry with many ; unique characteristics. When bringing the results of nanotechnology research to the market, companies and universities run into unforeseen problems related to intellectual property rights and other legal and regulatory issues. An effective commercialization of the results of research requires basic knowledge of the relevant issues and a well-defined strategy, while the absence of such knowledge and strategy can be detrimental to the commercial potential of any invention. Even the most impressive scientific achievements can become