Photonics Patents


According to Robin Feldman, of the University of California-Hastings Law School, Mark Lemley, of Stanford Law School, in their paper “Does Patent Licensing Mean Innovation?” , it seems, based on their examples, that the answer to that question is apparently negative. Vivek Wadhwa in his paper for the Washington Post, supports his collegue study. […]

Polemic about “Does Patent Licensing Mean Innovation?”






Patent Licenses – A license is an agreement between the owner of a patent or intellectual property and another party interested in using the owned property or protected invention. A license is one of the basic technology transfer tools and is granted by a licensor to a licensee as the key point of […]

Technology Transfer Tools: Patent Licenses


The science of photonics comprehends the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing of light. The term photonics thereby emphasizes that photons are neither particles nor waves — they have both particle and wave nature. It covers all technical applications of light over the whole spectrum from ultraviolet over the […]

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