title: Patent-collaboration: Licensing, patent pools, patents commons, open source and communities of innovation

authors: Kingsbury, Anna

abstract: Patent pools and other models of patent collaboration are a growing feature of the patent landscape internationally. Patent collaboration can be a means of overcoming patent thicket problems, avoiding costly patent infringement litigation, reducing transaction costs and promoting efficiency and innovation. Patent co-operation is also used, commonly as a result of some form of regulatory intervention, where there are urgent issues of strong public concern. Access to medicines and climate change are examples. However, patent collaboration can raise competition law issues.
This article reviews the models for collaboration internationally, considers specific examples and considers the application of competition law and possible competition law barriers to collaboration in the New Zealand context. It argues that patent collaboration can now be used as a possible approach to promoting innovation in appropriate industries in New Zealand.

text: Patent-collaboration: Licensing, patent pools, patents commons, open source and communities of innovation Patent pools and other models of patent collaboration are a growing feature of the patent landscape internationally. Patent collaboration can be a means of overcoming patent thicket problems, avoiding costly patent infringement litigation, reducing transaction costs and promoting efficiency and innovation. Patent co-operation is also used, commonly as a result of some form of regulatory intervention, where there are urgent issues of strong public concern. Access to medicines and climate change are examples. However, patent collaboration can raise competition law issues.
This article reviews the models for collaboration internationally, considers specific examples and considers the application of competition law and possible competition law barriers to collaboration in the New Zealand context. It argues that patent collaboration can now be used as a possible approach to promoting innovation in appropriate industries in New Zealand.

year: 2013

title: Exploring usability discussions in open source development

authors: Twidale, Michael B.

subjects: computer science

abstract: The public nature of discussion in open source projects provides a valuable resource for understanding the mechanisms of open source software development. In this paper we explore how open source projects address issues of usability. We examine bug reports of several projects to characterise how developers address and resolve issues concerning user interfaces and interaction design. We discuss how bug reporting and discussion systems can be improved to better support bug reporters and open source developers.

text: Exploring usability discussions in open source development The public nature of discussion in open source projects provides a valuable resource for understanding the mechanisms of open source software development. In this paper we explore how open source projects address issues of usability. We examine bug reports of several projects to characterise how developers address and resolve issues concerning user interfaces and interaction design. We discuss how bug reporting and discussion systems can be improved to better support bug reporters and open source developers.

year: 2005

title: An indigenous model of career satisfaction: Exploring the role of workplace cultural wellbeing

authors: Haar, Jarrod M.

subjects: career satisfaction

abstract: Despite career satisfaction models being well established, little is understood about the career satisfaction of indigenous employees. Using a sample of 172 Maori employees, the indigenous people of New Zealand, we tested a career satisfaction model with a cultural wellbeing factor over and above established factors of human capital, sociodemographic, individual differences and organizational sponsorship. This new measure workplace cultural wellbeing was found to significantly relate to career satisfaction, accounting for twenty-three percent of the variance over and above the established factors which highlights its importance for indigenous workers. Furthermore, due to collectivistic orientations amongst Maori, collectivism was tested as a potential moderator and found to significantly interact with workplace cultural wellbeing, showing that Maori respondents reported the greatest career satisfaction when workplace cultural wellbeing was high, irrespective of collectivism orientation. This paper offers an extended model for exploring career satisfaction of indigenous workers.

text: An indigenous model of career satisfaction: Exploring the role of workplace cultural wellbeing Despite career satisfaction models being well established, little is understood about the career satisfaction of indigenous employees. Using a sample of 172 Maori employees, the indigenous people of New Zealand, we tested a career satisfaction model with a cultural wellbeing factor over and above established factors of human capital, sociodemographic, individual differences and organizational sponsorship. This new measure workplace cultural wellbeing was found to significantly relate to career satisfaction, accounting for twenty-three percent of the variance over and above the established factors which highlights its importance for indigenous workers. Furthermore, due to collectivistic orientations amongst Maori, collectivism was tested as a potential moderator and found to significantly interact with workplace cultural wellbeing, showing that Maori respondents reported the greatest career satisfaction when workplace cultural wellbeing was high, irrespective of collectivism orientation. This paper offers an extended model for exploring career satisfaction of indigenous workers.

year: 2013