We analyze the effect of patent thickets on entry into technology areas by firms in the UK. We present a model that … the potential for hold‐up in patent thickets. We show empirically that our measure of patent thickets is associated with a … evidence indicates that patent thickets raise entry costs, which leads to less entry into technologies regardless of a firm …

A "patent box" is a term for the application of a lower corporate tax rate to the income derived from the ownership of … patent filings at the European Patent Office, including information on ownership transfers pre - and post -grant, we … investigate the impact of the introduction of a patent box on international patent transfers, on the choice of ownership location …