Langinier, Corinne; Marcoul, Philippe - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 70 (2009) 1-2, pp. 296-310
The contributory infringement rule assesses liability to a third party that contributes to the infringement of a patent. Not only are firms that directly infringe liable, but those that indirectly contribute are also liable. We investigate how this rule affects the creation of a network of...