This paper discusses methods for the harmonization and combination of large-scale patent and trademark datasets with … patent data are presented and shown to have both benefits and drawbacks in isolation. We combine the two methods and develop … a set of rules and dictionaries to consolidate European, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and US patent data with firm …

We report the results of the first comparative study of the determinants and effects of patent oppositions in Europe … thirty times higher than the rate of re-examination at the USPTO. Moreover, opposition leads to a revocation of the patent in … about 41 percent of the cases, and to a restriction of the patent right in another 30 percent of the cases. Re …

legal environments and technological innovation. I examine firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U …

the israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for … the past 30 years, with the aid of highly detailed patent data. We use for that purpose all israeli patents taken in the …

consistent with the broader view that ongoing innovation has been less potent in boosting productivity growth compared to earlier …