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| Author: | Mulder, K. F. Vergragt, Ph. J. |
| Title: | How a patent conflict affects industrial R&D management |
| Journal: | R. and D. Management
1991 : JAN, VOL. 21:1, p. 3-10 |
| Index terms: | R&D MANAGEMENT PATENTS CONFLICT MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES GOVERNMENT PATENT LAW |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The case of a long-running patent conflict between two very large multinational firms in the synthetic fibre business - AKZO and Du Pont - is reported and analyzed. The subject of the conflict was a new fibre of the aramid class. The analysis is conducted with the aid of social network theory applied to published information and data supplied by AKZO and other sources. In this case the related functional groups - the crucial social network - was formed first within AKZO and then extended outside to include politicans and government. It is revealed that an apparently strong patent position can help a rival to circumvent it. This defect in the patent law is leading companies to avoid patenting and to rely on secrecy alone. |
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