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Complementary patents and market structure

Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2009 - This version: August 19, 2009

Many high technology goods are based on standards that require several essential patents owned by different IP holders. This gives rise to a complements and a double mark-up problem. We compare the welfare effects of two different business strategies dealing with these problems. Vertical...

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Licensing complementary patents : "patent trolls", market structure, and "excessive" royalties

Layne-Farrar, Anne; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2009

The infamous Blackberry case brought new attention to so-called 'patent trolls' and began the general association of trolls with 'non-practicing' patent holders. This has had important legal consequences: Namely, patent holders have been denied injunctive relief because they did not practice the...

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The license of right, compulsory licensing and the value of exclusivity

Rudyk, Ilja - 2012

This paper uses the License of Right (LOR) provision implemented in Section 23 of the German Patent Act to answer the … the welfare implications of having a License of Right system? Section 23 of the German Patent Act grants a patentee a 50 …. Nevertheless, for a small fraction of patents a commitment to license non-exclusively may even increase the returns from patent …

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Complementary patents and market structure

Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2008

Many high technology goods are based on standards that require access to several patents that are owned by different IP holders. We investigate the royalties chosen by IP holders under different market structures. Vertical integration of an IP holder and a downstream producer solves the double...

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