Fink, Carsten; Helmers, Christian; Ponce, Carlos - Economics and Statistics Division, Word Intellectual … - 2014
This paper explores the phenomenon of “trademark squatting” – a situation in which someone other than the original … brand owner obtains a trademark on a brand. We develop a model that shows how squatting results from market uncertainty that … to identify squatters in the Chilean trademark register and show empirically that squatting is a persistent and …