Universities' involvement in the use of formal intellectual property rights (IPR) such as patents and registered copyright has increased steadily in the last two decades.  read more »

This article debates the policy measures designed to curb P2P file-sharing on the Internet. In doing this, the article challenges the Digital Economy Act which was passed through the UK Parliament April 8, and entered into force June 12, 2010.

By exploring the patterns of engagement in several intellectual property (IP) marketplaces on the part of a sample of software firms based in the UK, the article attempts to shed light on the strategic reasons which induce firms to participate in different IP marketplaces and governance structures, often at the same time.  read more »

In this paper we present a theoretical model to study the characteristics and the commercial sustainability of a particular open source strategy known as dual licensing. We show that the decision to employ a dual licensing strategy occurs whenever the the strength and the relevance of the contribution of the OS community is su±ciently large.  read more »

According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) there is a trend of rapid growth of Internet users in EU-candidate countries (Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey), according to ITU reports, the number of Internet users has tripled since the year 2000. Nowadays, Internet is affecting and changing almost every industry in transitional countries.  read more »