. In recent litigation, three issues have risen to the fore, popularized under the labels “patent ambush”, “patent holdup …” and “patent thickets”. There is a risk that the discussion of standardization, in academic and policy circles, becomes …

Patent assertion entities, sometimes known as 'patent trolls,' do not manufacture goods themselves but profit from … such patent troll affected the sales of medical imaging technology. It finds evidence that relative to similar products …, made by the same firm, but not covered by the patent, imaging software sales declined by one-third. This was not due to a …

under Article 207 TFEU requires the CJEU to interpret the patent provisions of the TRIPS Agreement and, if so, what are the … implications for patent protection in the EU. It examines whether the Court’s jurisprudence on the direct effect and interpretation … of the substantive patent provisions of the TRIPS Agreement is good law in the post-Lisbon era, arguing that the Court …

We model judicial learning about optimal patent policy. The court is infinitely lived; the plaintiff and defendant are … main results. First, patent law will stabilize even if the court places zero value on the "predictability" of legal rules …. Patent opinion incoherence, which is often the subject of much scholarly critique, makes sense because it facilitates future …

controversial changes to its patent policy. The changes include a recommended method of calculation of FRAND royalty rates, and a … request to members holding a standard essential patent (SEP) to forego their right to seek an injunction except under limited … discussing the role of patent policies of Standard-Setting Organizations (SSO) and the rules and principles applicable to the …

Critics claim that patent screening is ineffective, granting low-quality patents that impose unnecessary social costs …. We develop an integrated framework, involving patent office examination, fees, and endogenous validity challenges in the … courts, to study patent screening both theoretically and quantitatively. In our model, some inventions require the patent …