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

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  • von Laer, Maximilian
  • Blind, Knut
  • Ramel, Florian

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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.

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  • von Laer, Maximilian & Blind, Knut & Ramel, Florian, 2022. "Standard essential patents and global ICT value chains with a focus on the catching-up of China," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:46:y:2022:i:2:s030859612100015x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102110
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