This paper analyzes patent pools and their effects on innovation incentives. It is shown that the pro …-competitive effects of patent pools for complementary patents naturally extend for dynamic innovation incentives. However, this simple … case, the licensing fees reflect the strength of patents. Patent pools of complementary patents can be used to discourage …

The issue of Patent enforcement in the UK has generated a lot of heat, but not much light in the last year. Despite the … patent litigation for small and medium sized firms. Based on an Opinion Report by the same author that contributed to SABIP …'s response to Justice Jackson's Civil Litigation Costs Review, this paper unpacks several aspects of patent litigation reform in …

.Concentrating patent litigation that involves parallel patents in a single national court would improve the enforcement of patent rights by … countries. However, any concentration of patent litigation is difficult because of the rule mandating that only courts in the … country where a patent was granted may adjudicate the validity of the patent. In the European Union, the 2006 judgment in GAT …

on patents as an incentive for innovation, the effectiveness of patents for invention disclosure, patent valuation, and … what we know about the design of patent systems. We also look at what is known about some current policy areas, including … software and business method patents, university patenting, and the growth in patent litigation …

scope of the patent at issue and not the result of sham litigation was legal; and (b) the FTC's view that any settlement … which involved a transfer of any money or asset from the patent owner to the challenger was presumptively illegal. The Court …

We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions – Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK … information at the case, litigant, and patent level for patent cases filed at the major courts in the four jurisdictions. We find …