firm as a passive observer of invention declines. This study argues that acquiring firms can take measures by hiring new … key inventors. We show that the hiring of new key inventors in the post-M&A period can counteract invention declines in …

We study the causal impact of invalidating marginally valid patents during post-grant opposition at the European Patent …

We study the technology sovereignty of Europe, the US, China, Japan, and Korea. By examining citations from PCT patents … influence. Finally, although China has filed the most patents in recent years, its dependence on all other countries amounts to …

firms may protect their inventions by means of intellectual property rights, such as patents. By taking out a patent …, however, a firm also conveys information about the functioning of the invention to competitors. In this empirical paper, we … of patents on the dissemination of R&D findings is, however, insignificant. Therefore, we conclude that patent …

We investigate how intangible capital in form of intellectual property, such as patents, might mitigate financing … constraints. While scholars have already argued that patents might have a signalling value reducing information asymmetries … between borrowers and lenders, we quantify the value of using patents as collateral with regard to capital access. Although …

Standard-essential patents (SEPs) have become a key element of technical coordination in standard-setting organizations … approximating the standard essentiality of patents. We provide details on the procedure that generates the measure of standard …

insurer, had on the litigation behavior of insured patents’ owners, all of which are NPEs. We first model the impact of … defensive litigation insurance can have an effect on how often patent enforcers will assert their patents. We confirm this … the policy was subsequently asserted relative to other patents held by the same NPEs and relative to patents held by other …

We use exogenous variation in the strength of trade secrets protection to show that a relative weakening of patents …