IPRIA Seminar Series
Do Patents Matter for Commercialisation?
A free lunch time seminar proudly presented by IPRIA in association with the Centre for Law and Genetics, The University of Tasmania.
PRESENTER:
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Ass. Professor Beth Webster, Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne
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This seminar discusses whether owning a patent has any effect on the likelihood that an attempt will be made to commercialise an invention. It uses survey data on 3,700 Australian inventions. We find that ownership of a patent raises the probability of attempting to license or transfer to a spin-off company, attempting mass production and actually exporting by between 2 to 8 percentage points. The evidence suggests that ownership of a patent has the greatest effect on the decision to license or transfer the invention to a spin-off company in the highly codified pharmaceutical technologies. Over and above these effects, there is minimal effect on the commercialisation decision in respect of entities which lack complementary manufacturing and marketing capabilities such as public research organizations, SMEs and individuals.
DATE: Thursday 19 November, 2009 1pm - 2pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Law Lecture Theatre 3, Law School Building, The University of Tasmania (Hobart Campus), Cnr Grosvenor and Alexander Streets, Sandy Bay
COST: Free of charge
SEMINAR CONTACT: Michelle Wilson, IPRIA, Alan Gilbert Building, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010
Telephone: (03) 8344 2153 Fax: (03) 8344 2111
Email: mawils@unimelb.edu.au