Business models for digital goods in the face of the ‘culture of free’?

Piracy of digital goods is an issue that we have already addressed many times on this blog. Here is …

The risk of patent trolls in the U.S. and in Europe: a sequel to a never ending story

The issue of ‘patent assertion entities’ (PAEs) or ‘patent trolls’, i. e. of companies that acquire patent portfolios to …

Do patent rights facilitate or impede cumulative innovation?

  Most innovations are the result of a cumulative R&D process, i.e., their production requires the combination of knowledge …

Patent races: pros and cons

We have already developed on this blog the relationship between competition and innovation (see here and here). This relationship goes both ways. On …

To induce innovation, should we praise the prizes?

Innovation is a tricky economic activity: its input (R&D) is very costly, its production process is highly uncertain and …

‘Parody’ becomes a concept of EU law: something to applaud or to fear?

After the September 3, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Deckmyn v. Vandersteen,  the …

When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights

Copyright cases until recently were mainly decided with reference to the rules contained in the statutes (the relevant Copyright …

Media Ecosystems: Economic issues and policy implications

This is the fourth and last post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the …

Media Ecosystems: A definition

This is the third post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the series, while …

Media Ecosystems: advertising and publishing protocols

This is the second post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the …