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Standard essential patents and global ICT value chains with a focus on the catching-up of China

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Patents, standards and their combination, standard-essential patents (SEPs), are important in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, in particular in mobile communication. We argue that SEPs are relevant in macroeconomic development and estimate the effect of a country's SEP portfolio on its value-added trade in global ICT value chains (GVC). We find that SEPs retain a higher share of value-adding domestically and that absorptive capacity is needed to join GVCs. China entered the SEP market late and is catching up rapidly. The trade effect of SEPs on China is different from that on matured economies because of the initially low value of its SEPs.

Source: Telecommunications Policy

DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102110

Authors: Maximilian von Laer, Knut Blind, Florian Ramel

Institutions: Technische Universität Berlin, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research

Language: English

Topic: Intellectual Property and Patents

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,200