Patents

Completed Papers

Webster, E., Palangkaraya, A. and Jensen, P. (forthcoming) Patent Examination Outcomes and the National Treatment Principle, RAND Journal of Economics.

Weatherall, K. and Webster, E. (2014) ‘Patent enforcement: A review of the literature’, Journal of Economic Surveys.

Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2013) ‘Patents, Transaction Costs and Academic Research Project Choice’, Economic Record.

Thomson, R. and Webster, E. (2013) ‘Risk and vertical separation: the case of developing new technology’, Oxford Economic Papers. 65, 653-674.

Jensen, P.H., Thomson, R.K. and Yong, J.S. (2011). “Estimating the patent premium: Evidence from the Australian Inventor Survey”, Strategic Management Journal 32, 1128–38.

Griffiths, W., Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2011) What Creates Abnormal Profits? Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 58(3) 323-346.

Palangkaraya, A. Webster, E. and Jensen, P. (2011) ‘Misclassification in Patent Offices’ Review of Economics and Statistics, 93, 1063-1075.

Webster, E. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). ‘Do patents matter for commercialization?’, Journal of Law and Economics, 54, 431-453.

Jensen, P. H and Webster, E. (2011) ‘Macroeconomic conditions and successful commercialization’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(1), 125-144.

Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2011) ‘The Effects of Patents on Scientific Inquiry’, Australian Economic Review, 44(1), 88-94.

Thomson, R. and Webster, E. (2010) ‘The role of intellectual property rights in addressing climate change: The case of agriculture’ The WIPO Journal, 2(1) 133-141.

Thomson, R., Webster, E., Dent., and Chen, D., (2010) Intellectual Property rights and Climate Change Technology in Australia’s Agricultural Sector,’ report prepared for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Buddelmeyer, H., Jensen, P. H and Webster, E. (2010) ‘Innovation and the Determinants of Company Survival’, Oxford Economic Papers, 62(2): 261-285.

Weatherall, K. and Webster, E. (2010) ‘Patent infringement in Australia: Results from a survey’ Federal Law Review, 38, 21-70.

Griffiths, W. and Webster, E. (2010) ‘The Determinants of Research and Development and Intellectual Property Usage among Australian Companies, 1989 to 2002’, Technovation, 30, 471–481.

Jensen, P. and E. Webster (2009) ‘Knowledge Management: Does Capture Impede Creation?’ Industrial and Corporate Change, 18, 701-727

Jensen, P. and E. Webster (2009) ‘Another look at the relationship between innovation proxies’, Australian Economic Papers, 48, 252-269.

Paul H. Jensen, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster (2009) A Guide to Metrics on Knowledge Transfer from Universities to Businesses and Industry in Australia, IPRIA Occasional Report.

Weatherall, K., Webster E. and Bently, L. (2009) IP Enforcement in the UK and Beyond: A Literature Review, Report prepared for the Strategic Advisory Board on IP, UK.

Jensen, P. Palangkaraya, A., Webster, E., Yong, J. (2008) ‘The effect of raising the Australian statutory inventive step on the Australian global production system’ report prepared for IP Australia. Mimeo, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Palangkaraya, A., Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2008) ‘Applicant behaviour in patent examination request lags’, Economics Letters. 243-245.

Jensen, P., Palangkaraya, A. and Webster, E. (2008) ‘Application Pendency Times and Outcomes across Four Patent Offices’, Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 19, pp178-190.

Jensen, P. H, Webster, E. and Buddelmeyer, H. (2008) ‘Innovation, Technological Conditions and New Firm Survival’, Economic Record, 84, 434-448.

Leahy, A., MacLaren, D., Morgan, D., Weatherall, K., Webster, E., and Yong, J. (2008) ‘In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP’, Economic Papers, 27(1) 1-18.

Webster, E., Palangkaraya, A. and Jensen, P., (2007)‘Characteristics of International Patent Application Outcomes’ Economics Letters, 95(3), 362-368.

Jensen, P. H. Palangkaraya, A. and Webster, E. (2006) ‘Disharmony in International Patent Office Decisions’ Federal Circuit Bar Journal, 679-704.

Jensen, P. H. and Webster, E. (2006) ‘Firm size and the Use of Intellectual Property Rights’, Economic Record, 82(256), 44-55.

Bosworth, D. and Webster, E. (2006) Intellectual capital and intellectual property: An economic perspective, The management of intellectual property, Eds. D. Bosworth and E. Webster, Cheltenham, UK and Brookfield, US: Edward Elgar.

Griffiths, W. and Webster, E. (2006) Trends in the value of intellectual property in Australia, The management of intellectual property, Eds. D. Bosworth and E. Webster, Cheltenham, UK and Brookfield, US: Edward Elgar.

Bosland, J., Weatherall, K. and Jensen, P.H. (2006). “Trade mark and counterfeit litigation in Australia”, Intellectual Property Quarterly 10(4), 347-77.

Dent, C. Jensen, P. H. Waller, S. and Webster, E. (2005) ‘Research Use of Patented Knowledge- A Review’, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), The University of Melbourne. Report for the OECD.

Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2004) ‘Achieving the optimal power of patent rights’ Australian Economic Review, 37(4), 419-26. Reprinted in Legal Scholarship Network: Legal Studies Research Paper Series University of Melbourne Law School, Vol. 7, No. 3: June 16, 2005 Melbourne Legal Studies.

Casselman, R., Gans, J., Gay, E., Jensen, P., Morgan, O., Weatherall, K., Webster, E. (2004), ‘Factors Affecting the Use of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Australia’, Intellectual Property Institute of Australia (IPRIA), A Report for the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, pages 198.

Christie, A, D’Aloisio, S., Gaita, K., Howlett, M. Webster, E. (2003) ‘Analysis of the legal framework for patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions’, Intellectual Property Institute of Australia (IPRIA), Final report to the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra. ISBN 0 642 77331 9 (Electronic Version), 0 642 77330 0 (Hard copy), pages 128.

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Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity', Research Policy, forthcoming (with H. Dernis, D. Guellec, L. Picci and B. van Pottelsberghe)

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'The role of fees in patent systems: Theory and evidence', The Journal of Economic Surveys, forthcoming (with B. van Pottelsberghe)

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'How SMEs exploit their intellectual property assets: Evidence from survey data', Small Business Economics, 39(2), 437-452, 2012

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'On the price elasticity of demand for patents', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(1), 58-77, 2012 (with B. van Pottelsberghe)

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship', Research Policy, 38(5), 779-792, 2009 (with B. van Pottelsberghe)

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'The R&D-patent relationship: An industry perspective', European Investment Bank Papers, 14(1), 170-195, 2009 (with J. Danguy and B. van Pottelsberghe)

Gaetan de Rassenfosse' 'Per un pugno di dollari: A first look at the price elasticity of patents', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23(4), 588-604, 2007 (with B. van Pottelsberghe)