Aoki, Reiko (contributor); Spiegel, Yossi (contributor) - 2007
dissemination of R&D knowledge. One aspect of patent systems that re�ects the desire to
balance these con�icting objectives is the … their knowledge will be made public even if eventually their patent ap-
plications are rejected. Not surprisingly, opponents … two (cumulative) phases. In the �rst phase, the two �rms accumulate interim
R&D knowledge.2 This phase ends when one �rm …