The impact of patent pools on the rate and direction of technological change is an open question in both theoretical … and empirical studies. Economic theory makes no unequivocal prediction. By contrast, empirical studies of patent pools, to … date, have largely concluded that patent pools have been associated with reduced rates of technical innovation in the …

after the end of the process and fully exploit their bargaining leverage, then patent holders aspire to disclose always … after the end of the process. However, if a patent holder cannot rely on the other participants to always contribute to the … cross-licensing agreements that eliminate the strategic aspect of patent disclosure, and show that, in an institutional …

patent race where firms do R&D to develop products that are close substitutes. The effects of a standard are shown to depend …

parties to a standard. We develop a simple model of the disclosure process to illustrate the link between SSO rules and patent …