Copyright and firms’ own IPR protection in a software market: monopoly versus duopoly
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/23:00582620
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106282" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106282</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106282" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106282</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Copyright and firms’ own IPR protection in a software market: monopoly versus duopoly
Original language description
In a duopoly, we study the interaction between public (copyright) and private protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Software developers offer products with differing qualities and compete for heterogeneous users, who may buy a legal version, an illegal copy, or no product. Illegal usage is punishable when caught. A developer decides whether to use private IPR protection, given the degree of public IPR protection. We analyze the impact of private and public IPR protection on the developers’ pricing, using monopoly as a benchmark. We show that monopoly pricing is not marginally affected by either public or private protection. We also show that both types of protection may affect duopoly pricing by softening price competition. Finally, we find the interaction between public and private protection in a duopoly but not in a monopoly. Moreover, strategic substitutability and complementarity can exist between the public and private IPR, depending on the strength of the copyright.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Economic Modelling
ISSN
0264-9993
e-ISSN
1873-6122
Volume of the periodical
123
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
106282
UT code for WoS article
001054775800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85163643215