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This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …
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intellectual property (IP) ownership. Further, we employ firm-specific micro-data on patent applications of European corporations … at the European Patent Office to test reactions on changes in R&D tax incentives and corporate tax burden. We find a … and the count of patent applications. …
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This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R …, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation activities …
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This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … resources, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098387
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent … than patents which have not been opposed. Patent owner?s ability to trade patents with potential infringers and to interact …
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which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents … allowed to expire before their full term. The higher an invention?s economic value estimate was, the more the relevant patent …
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I analyse how patent litigation outcome in Germany affects the performance of the disputing firms by interpreting … the functioning of the bifurcated German patent litigation system: The separation of litigation and invalidity decisions …, resulting in invalidity decisions taking much longer than decisions on infringement, provides patent holders with a window of …
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This paper looks at the decision to settle patent litigation in Germany from a new angle by focusing on detailed data …% of all patent litigation cases in Germany between 2000 and 2008 we estimate the likelihood of within-trial settlement. We …. Additionally, firm-specific stakes as measured by the relation of the involved parties to the disputed patent as well as firm …
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