Nanotechnology Commercialization for Managers and Scientists

Chapter 1

Introduction to theWorld of Nanotechnology

Rachel M. Buchanan, Christine A. Smid, and Ennio Tasciotti

Pages: 1

Chapter 2

Overview of Intellectual Property Rights

Wim Helwegen and Luca Escoffier

Pages: 33

Chapter 3

Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in Europe

Hanna R. Lauren

Pages: 49

Chapter 4

Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in the United States

Sarah M. Rouse

Pages: 75

Chapter 5

How to Set Up an Effective IP Strategy and Manage a Nanotechnology-Based Patent Portfolio

Pekka Valkonen

Pages: 103

Chapter 6

How to Identify Patent Infringements in the Nanotechnology Sector

Marco Spadaro

Pages: 131

Chapter 7

Licensing Issues in Nanotechnology

Joanna T. Brougher

Pages: 159

Chapter 8

IP Valuation: Principles and Applications in the Nanotechnology Industry

Efrat Kasznik

Pages: 185

Chapter 9

Investing in Nanotechnology

Po Chi Wu

Pages: 205

Chapter 10

Technology Transfer and Nanomedicine with Special Reference to Sweden

Claes Post

Pages: 237

Chapter 11

Public-Private Partnerships—an Example from the Netherlands: The Industrial Partnership Programme

Pieter de Witte

Pages: 263

Chapter 12

University and Employees’ Inventions in Europe and the United States

Niklas Bruun and Michael B. Landau

Pages: 291

Chapter 13

Environment, Health, and Safety Within the Nanotechnology Industry

Kaarle Hameri

Pages: 339

Chapter 14

Regulation of Nanomaterials in the EU

Barbel R. Dorbeck-Jung

Pages: 355

Chapter 15

Nanomaterial Regulation in the United States

Michael E. Heintz

Pages: 373