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    Open Source Software: From Open Science to New Marketing Models

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    -Open source Software; Intellectual Property; Licensing; Business Model.

    Egypt's Obligation to Respect, Protect and Fulfill the Right to Access to Knowledge, Science, Art and Culture (ICESCR Article 15)

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    Submitted to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Pre-Sessional Working Group 51st Session, 21-24 May 2013, Geneva Switzerland, by the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Pro Bono UN Human Rights Reporting Program. Team Members: Eslah Salah Alkathiri, LL.M. candidate; Dr. Mohamed Arafa, S.J.D.; J. Michael Blackwell, J.D. candidate; Ritu Chokshi, J.D. candidate; Sherif Mohamed Mansour, J.D. candidate; Deyana Fatme Unis, J.D. candidate; Qifan Wang, J.D. candidate. Faculty Advisers: Professor Lea Shaver, J.D. and Dr. Ian McIntosh, Ph.D. Founder, Head & Trainer: Perfecto `BoyetÂŽ Caparas, A.B., LL.B., LL.M. American Law, LL.M. Human Rights (Honors); Graduate Studies Program Manager, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, Indiana USA. This human rights report includes the book titled Access to Knowledge in Egypt - New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, edited by Nagla Rizk and Lea Shaver, Bloomsbury Academic, (CC) 2010 by Nagla Rizk, Lea Shaver and the contributors

    Access to Knowledge in Egypt

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    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. "This book is an important contribution to recovering a nuanced, contextually aware view of access to knowledge and global knowledge governance" Yochaie Benkler, Harvard Law School "This is a 'must read' for scholars and practioners interested in economic devlopment, cultural production and access to knowledge" Susan Sell, George Washington University This volume features five chapters on current issues facing intellectual property, innovation and development policy from the Egyptian perspective. These include: information and communications technology for development, copyright and comparative business models in music, open source software, patent reform and access to medicines, and the role of the Egyptian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically. Together these chapters offer an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing efforts to promote access to knowledge. Combining both theoretical and empirical approaches, the work will be of interest to scholars and practitioners dealing with intellectual property and innovation property the world over

    More open than open innovation? Rethinking the concept of openness in innovation studies.

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    This paper re-examines the concept of open innovation developed in organization sciences (Chesbrough, 2003a). We claim that this paradigm, which insists on the distributive nature of innovation among a wide range of heterogeneous actors, does not put enough emphasis on the condition of access to knowledge. Yet, the open dimension of knowledge is a very important feature to sustain a collective mode of innovation. We propose therefore a stronger definition of open innovation, which is based on three constitutive characteristics: (i) Firms voluntarily release knowledge; (ii) Knowledge is open, i.e. is available to all interested parties without discrimination; (iii) dynamic interactions take place among the stakeholders to enrich the open knowledge base. Examples that fit our definition of open innovation are open science, user centered innovation (von Hippel, 2005), free-libre open source software, collective invention (Allen, 1983), etc. We conclude with a discussion on the role of IPR to secure open innovation.open source, free software, intellectual property rights (IPR), open innovation, collective invention.

    Access to Knowledge in Egypt

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    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. "This book is an important contribution to recovering a nuanced, contextually aware view of access to knowledge and global knowledge governance" Yochaie Benkler, Harvard Law School "This is a 'must read' for scholars and practioners interested in economic devlopment, cultural production and access to knowledge" Susan Sell, George Washington University This volume features five chapters on current issues facing intellectual property, innovation and development policy from the Egyptian perspective. These include: information and communications technology for development, copyright and comparative business models in music, open source software, patent reform and access to medicines, and the role of the Egyptian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically. Together these chapters offer an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing efforts to promote access to knowledge. Combining both theoretical and empirical approaches, the work will be of interest to scholars and practitioners dealing with intellectual property and innovation property the world over

    Coexisting Intellectual Property Right Regimes: the Case of Open and Closed Source Software

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    Die Dissertation beschĂ€ftigt sich theoretisch und empirisch mit der Koexistenz von Open Source und Closed Source Prinzipien am Beispiel Software. Es werden kulturelle und rechtliche Einflussfaktoren auf Open Source Software (OSS) untersucht und die Koexistenz von OSS mit Closed Source Software (CSS) theoretisch begrĂŒndet. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf OSS- und CSS-basierten GeschĂ€ftsmodellen: Strategische Aspekte und die Marktgleichgewichte mit OSS und CSS Firmen werden untersucht und darauf aufbauend wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen analysiert. Abschließend richtet sich der Fokus auf GrĂŒndungen im IT-Sektor. Die Arbeit vertieft das VerstĂ€ndnis von OSS und CSS als wirtschaftliches PhĂ€nomen. Es zeigt sich, dass die Koexistenz vorteilhaft ist, und z.B. eine einseitige staatliche Förderung von OSS-Firmen durch Subventionen oder die Beschaffungspolitik abzulehnen ist

    Intellectual Property Rights and Market Dynamics

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    Two opposite models are currently operating in the modern economy, the strong intellectual property rights (IPR) model, and the open source/open science model. They have traditionally been applied to alternative institutional contexts. The strong IPR model has been associated to the business environment, while the open science model has been associated to the academic or research system. More recently, a strengthening of the IPR system has occurred in the public research system, and open science models have been adopted in private sectors like the open source software. This paper discusses these different models and their implications on the innovative activity of firms and economies, and the market dynamics. One of the main benefits deriving from a strong IPR system is that it encourages the entry of new technology-based firms and the commercialisation of technologies in markets for technologies. At the same time, an increased patent protection is also associated to potential costs, such as those arising from a excessive fragmentation of property rights, an abuse of patent protection for strategic reasons (sleeping and blocking patents), and an increase in litigation costs.Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Patent Policy, Open Science, Open Source Software, Technology Commercialisation and Diffusion
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