Keywords
patent licensing, licensing behavior, licensing motivation
Abstract
Patent licensing, as an important patent operation activity of enterprises in the international market, is of- ten motivated by very complex licensing motives, and there are large differences in patent licensing behavior strategies under different motives. Through the comparative analysis of different types of licensing behaviors, this article divides the types of patent licensing behaviors from three dimensions, including ordinary licenses,exclusive licenses and exclusive licenses according to the scope of authorization, and one-way licenses and two-way cross-licensing according to the license direction, as well as single patent license and patent package license divided by the number of licensed patents. Then it summarizes the characteristics and applicability of different types of license behaviors, and the motivations for patent license including technical motivation, market motivation, and policy motivation. In addition, it proposes patent licensing behavior strategies based on different motivations, which may provide methods and strategic support for Chinese enterprises to better carry out patent licensing activities.
DOI
10.16315/j.stm.2021.02.002
Recommended Citation
WANG, Shan-shan and MENG, Wen-tong
(2021)
"Research on patent licensing behaviors and motivations of firms,"
Journal of Science and Technology Management: Vol. 23:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
DOI: 10.16315/j.stm.2021.02.002
Available at:
https://jstm.researchcommons.org/journal/vol23/iss2/2
