Innovation, Startups and Intellectual Property Management

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Why Do We Need IP Rules?.- Chapter 3 Conventional IP Strategy: Exercising Market Power Through IP.- Chapter 4 Sharing IP Strategy: Commercialization.- Chapter 5 Offensive IP Strategy: Litigation.- Chapter 6 Abstaining IP Strategy: Hiding Knowledge.- Chapter 7 The Impact of IP Risk in the Development of IP Markets.- Chapter 8 Government Strategies Towards IP Management.- Chapter 9 Conclusions.- Bibliography.



 

Ignacio De Leon is a leading international authority on antitrust policy in emerging markets. Currently, he leads programs for Innovation promotion in Central America, IP management in the Caribbean, as well as regulation and competition policies in digital industries, including sharing economies and blockchain in South America. He is also a start-up entrepreneur developer in the crowdfunding industry (DirecTo) and the digital gaming industry (Superfanatico).  Ignacio holds a PhD and an LLM from the University of London (UCL and QMC).

Jose Fernandez Donoso is Research Professor at Universidad del Desarrollo  School of Economics and Business (Chile). He has worked as a research consultant for private sector development projects for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has advised government councils and international organizations inproductivity and competitiveness policies, antitrust, and international regulations for intellectual property rights.. Jose was the keynote speaker for WIPO's 2016 international innovation seminar in Switzerland. He has presented his research in international conferences in Beijing, Singapore, Philadelphia, and across Latin America. Jose holds a PhD and MA in economics from Georgetown University.