Intellectual Property on Innovation

By

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1 Overview of the topic1

1.2 Problem Statement2

1.3 Research Questions2

1.4 Significance of the Study2

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW3

2.1 The concepts of Intellectual Property and Innovation3

2.2 The description of legal battle between Apple and Samsung4

2.3 Outcome of the Legal Battle between Apple and Samsung Company5

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY7

3.1 Overview of the Research Methods7

3.2 Research Hypothesis7

3.3 Instruments for Data Collection7

3.4 Ethical Concerns for the Research8

REFERENCES9

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview of the topic

Since its beginning in the United Kingdom during the eighteenth century, intellectual property rights protections have been consistently expanding. On the contrary, full monopolistic rights over the publication and distribution of various works of art and literature were granted by the monarchy. This was the reason the Statute of Ann was created as a way to restrict these rights and allow artistic works to pass into the public domain. However, the restrictions which were put in place by the Statute of Anne in the UK have been under constant attack by various rights holders seeking to strengthen the protection of their intellectual property rights. One of the strongest justifications given for this strengthening of intellectual property rights is the correlation with increased innovation. The reason for this is that strong intellectual property rights protections are needed to ensure that large-scale innovators will profit from their investment.

A patent battle that occurred between Samsung and Apple was an unfortunate case from the perspective of intellectual property. Samsung and Apple have been the market leaders in the Smartphone industry and have a high level of competition between them. Both mobile companies had applied best efforts to attract people towards their Smartphone models because of their innovative design. Though, a legal battle between these two mobile phones was not a positive thing for the entire industry and it also produced a negative impact on their reputation as well. The legal battle was not appreciated by the public at all and they felt that this particular thing should not have happened. Though, both companies presented their deliberations about the accusations charged on them but the issue continued to escalate with the passage of time. There is a need to adopt further strict measures for Intellectual property on innovation in order to prevent such disputes in the future. Therefore, all the issues related to intellectual property on innovation by considering the legal battle between Apple and Samsung mobile company will be discussed in detail.

1.2 Problem Statement

The major objective of the research is to assess the factors associated with Intellectual Property on Innovation and to examine the legal battle between Samsung and Apple Smartphone. 1.3 Research Questions

The research questions for the study are:

Q1- What is the importance of the intellectual property innovation for the Smartphone companies?

Q2- What was the background for the legal battle between Apple and Samsung?

Q3- What were the outcomes achieved by both companies after the end of their legal battle?

1.4 Significance of the Study

The significance of the study is quite high because the concept of Intellectual property ...