Research Project on Intellectual Property Rights in Europe

[Sebastian Haunss <haunss@sozialwiss.uni-hamburg.de>]

Research Project on Intellectual Property Rights in Europe

At the University of Hamburg's Centre for Globalization and  
Governance a team of social scientists is conducting a research  
project about conflicts around intellectual property rights. More  
specifically we are interested in the two EU directives on measures  
and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property  
rights (IPRED 1) and on the patentability of computer-implemented  
inventions (CII Directive/Software Patents).
You'll find more information about the research project on our  
website at: http://www.ipgovernance.eu.

Our study aims to explain why in the first case the decision making  
process followed the dominant maximalist rights culture, while in the  
second case arguments of the proponents of alternative regulatory  
modes have been heard. We assume, that one reason for these  
differences might be found in different actor constellations. Thus,  
our research focuses on actor networks and we need to know as much as  
possible about the interactions among the actors involved in these  
conflicts.

To assess these interactions we have compiled, from our interviews  
and from some additional sources, a list of persons and organizations  
that were mentioned as having played a role in the two conflicts.  
This list is the core of our questionnaire, and we ask all actors  
involved to specify with whom on this list (and beyond it) they  
cooperated and from whom they received information in the course of  
one or both of the conflicts.

All data gathered with this questionnaire will be treated with utmost  
confidentiality and will only be used for the purpose of this  
academic research project. We will not disclose any personal  
information gathered within this research project to any third party.

Filling out the questionnaire will take about 20 minutes and would  
greatly help our research project.

The questionnaire can be found online at the following address:

http://www.ipgovernance.eu/questionnaire/questionnaire.html

Or you can download a pdf-Version of the questionnaire that can be  
filled out offline and returned by mail or e-mail at:
http://www.ipgovernance.eu/questionnaire/Questionnaire_IPGov.pdf


Thank you for your cooperation.
Kind regards


Sebastian Haunss & Lars Kohlmorgen

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Dr. Sebastian Haunss
University of Hamburg
Centre for Globalization and Governance
Allende-Platz 1
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany

tel:   +49-(0)40-42838-6191
email: sebastian [dot] haunss [at] uni-hamburg [dot] de

Governing Intellectual Property Claims
http://www.ipgovernance.eu