I analyse how patent litigation outcome in Germany affects the performance of the disputing firms by interpreting … the functioning of the bifurcated German patent litigation system: The separation of litigation and invalidity decisions …, resulting in invalidity decisions taking much longer than decisions on infringement, provides patent holders with a window of …

This paper looks at the decision to settle patent litigation in Germany from a new angle by focusing on detailed data …% of all patent litigation cases in Germany between 2000 and 2008 we estimate the likelihood of within-trial settlement. We …. Additionally, firm-specific stakes as measured by the relation of the involved parties to the disputed patent as well as firm …

technology markets and increased rents for small inventors. Is this also true for today’s NPEs? Or are they “patent trolls” who … opportunistically litigate over software patents with unpredictable boundaries? Using stock market event studies around patent lawsuit …

In 2004 the German Patent and Trademark Office commissioned the Ifo Institute to deliver a research report on the topic … "Identification of Available and Desirable Indicators for Patent Systems, Patenting Processes and Patent Rights". - The report … but also giving consideration to legal and business aspects. This includes the valuation of the patent system itself, the …

patent law, in particular, are an autonomous source of liability for intellectual property owners and intellectual property … basis to derive continuing duties on the patentee based on patent law through a Hohfeldian framework, in which the grant of … patent law constructs it as a bargain between the patentee and the public, in which the quid pro quo (or Hohfeldian duty) for …