Effectiveness of ICT Patents Sample Clauses

Effectiveness of ICT Patents. In order to establish a reference point for the assessment of the problems, the participants have been asked for their assessment of ICT patents in achieving specific patent-related objectives identified by Blind et al. (2006). Overall, for none of the objectives is the effectiveness of patents rated high, even by the patent owners. The limited effectiveness of patents in comparison with other protection strategies was already revealed the Xxxxx et al. (2000) survey. However, the ranking of the effectiveness is different compared to Xxxxx et al. (2000). Firstly, the protection from imitation of invention achieves only a medium effectiveness. Secondly, patents are mostly used as barter chips in negotiations, which has already been revealed by Xxxxx et al. (2006). Thirdly, using patents by securing freedom to operate is surprisingly important for the respondents. However, the survey targeting the owners of standard-essential patent owners by Blind et al. (2011) reveals freedom to operate already as the most important motive to patent. Finally, using patents to enhance the own reputation is ranked above medium effectiveness. This is also in line with the finding of Blind et al. (2011) of using patents for signaling own technological competencies. Surprisingly, the licensing generating revenues via patents is ranked lowest. The assessment of the interviewees related to the general effectiveness and efficiency of the patent system for ICT is highly dependent on the stakeholder group they belong to. Consequently, there is a much better perception of the overall value of patents by patent- owning entities, especially with the aim of securing their freedom-to-operate, as bargaining chips in negotiations and as a way to obtain a return on R&D investment. Patents are also positively considered in terms of enhancing the reputation of the patenting companies. All these aspects have been already revealed for other sectors in the past. However, there seems to be not much emphasis among patent holders on patents as a tool to block competitors, which clashes with the perception from entities not owning patents, in particular independent software developers, which see this aspect as the only one for which patents are effective. Despite the rather intensive licensing activities of the responding organisations the role of ICT patents to generate licensing revenues is perceived as rather limited, probably linked to the numerous challenges that the market for licensing faces. ...
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  • Patents As to any patentable subject matter contained in the deliverables, the Contractor agrees to disclose such patentable subject matter to the City. Further, if requested by the City, the Contractor agrees to assign and, if necessary, cause each of its employees to assign the entire right, title, and interest to specific inventions under such patentable subject matter to the City and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver and, if necessary, cause each of its employees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver an assignment of letters patent, in a form to be reasonably approved by the City, to the City upon request by the City.

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