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Blockchain for Timely Transfer of Intellectual Property

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  • Dongling Cai
  • Yi Qian
  • Ning Nan
Abstract
This article adopts a marketing perspective to examine how blockchain technology can facilitate innovation by streamlining the licensing process of intellectual property (IP). It notes that in the traditional world, there can be a tension between inventors and developers when it comes to licensing IP before a patent is granted. Developers need more information about the IP in order to estimate its value, while inventors are hesitant to disclose too much information for fear that developers will use it to develop and commercialize the IP without licensing it. The authors argue that blockchain's ability to create a transparent and secure record of the inventing process can alleviate these concerns. On the one hand, blockchain's traceability helps protect IP from infringement, encouraging inventors to disclose more information about their high-value IP. On the other hand, developers have more incentive to license IP rather than infringe on it because of the risk of punishment. The authors also suggest that the size of the community maintaining the blockchain is a crucial factor in ensuring the validity of the blockchain. They suggest that a community that is too large or too small would not be able to reach equilibrium. These findings provide insights into how blockchain can be used to improve the economics of IP.

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  • Dongling Cai & Yi Qian & Ning Nan, 2023. "Blockchain for Timely Transfer of Intellectual Property," NBER Working Papers 30913, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30913
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    JEL classification:

    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O36 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Open Innovation
    • O39 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Other

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