quality) than their European counterparts after patent rights for software inventions were introduced. We then introduce a …

output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

firms may protect their inventions by means of intellectual property rights, such as patents. By taking out a patent … functioning of the contemporary patent system. We find that patenting firms are being less confronted with imitation. The effect … of patents on the dissemination of R&D findings is, however, insignificant. Therefore, we conclude that patent …

We use an exogenous change in German Federal law to examine how entrepreneurial support and the ownership of patent … of patent rights from university researchers to their universities. Based on a novel researcher-level panel database that … increase in start-up companies by university researchers. The shift in patent rights may have strengthened the relationship …

innovative performance also depends on the size of a firm's patent portfolio, which suggests an important strategic role for …