Hall, Bronwyn H.; Thoma, Grid; Torrisi, Salvatore - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2006
citations and the number of technical fields covered by the patent is informative for value. Software patents account for a … software and business methods patents on average are of poor quality and that these patents are applied for merely to build … portfolios rather than for protection of real inventions. We therefore tested for the impact of software patents on the market …