Patents and the Diffusion of Technical Information

Does the disclosure requirement of the patent system encourage the diffusion of inventions? This paper builds a simple model where firms choose between patents and trade secrecy to protect inventions. Diffusion is not necessarily more likely with a patent system nor is the "market for technology" necessarily greater

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Bessen, James E.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Patent \| Innovationsdiffusion \| Innovation diffusion \| Informationsverbreitung \| Information dissemination
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economics Letters, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 121-128, January 2005 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law ; L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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