Titre : Coopetition and patents: legal stakes Auteurs : Nicolas Binctin, Revue : Technology and Innovation Numéro : Issue 4 Volume : 5 Date : 2020/09/18 DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0562 ISSN : 2399-8571 Résumé : The integration of patents in the coopetition dynamic between economic operators is a complex issue. Calling on an environment specifically adapted to such a practice, coopetition, encouraged but also feared by competition law, assumes that operators adapt their patent strategy. The first tool mobilized is the contract intended to supervise coopetition. Contractual freedom and IP flexibility are used to achieve seemingly opposite goals. Coopetition also leads operators to develop renewed analyses of the management of their intellectual assets, moving from an exclusive approach to a sharing proposal, without losing the economic interest of these assets. It is possible to retain three practices which place coopetition as a management tool: understanding technological cycles, managing patent portfolios to drive market growth and, finally, corporate venture. Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience