Encaoua, David; Lefouili, Yassine - HAL - 2005
affected by three parameters : the patent strength defined as the probability that the right is upheld by the court, the cost … of imitating a patented innovation relative to the cost of imitating a secret innovation, and the innovation size defined … as the magnitude of the cost reduction. The choice of the protection regime is the result of two effects: the damage …