This paper reports the findings of an empirical study of patent suits involving non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the U ….K. between 2000 and 2010. Overall, we find that NPEs are responsible for 11% of all patent suits filed in the U.K. during this … period. Though this is a small percentage by U.S. standards, our study suggests that patent trolling might not be as uniquely …

The theory of patent “hold-out” posits that frictions in the market for licensing standard-essential patents (SEPs … patent quality; however, we find no evidence associating pre- or in-litigation hold-out with the international breadth of SEP …

Though it lacked a patent system until 1985, China is now the world leader in patent filings and litigation. Despite … protectionism rather than innovation. Recent high-profile patent suits filed by relatively unknown Chinese firms against high … the meteoric rise of the Chinese patent system, many in the West believe that it acts primarily to facilitate local …

innovation and international technology transfer in general. The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country … externalities, implies that patent protection may not be the optimal instrument for encouraging innovation in this area, especially … technologies. How will patent protection affect this process? In this paper we first review the evidence on the role of patents for …