We analyze the effect of patent thickets on entry into technology areas by firms in the UK. We present a model that … the potential for hold‐up in patent thickets. We show empirically that our measure of patent thickets is associated with a … evidence indicates that patent thickets raise entry costs, which leads to less entry into technologies regardless of a firm …

This report analyses whether entry of UK enterprises into patenting in a technology area is affected by patent thickets … in the technology area.The aim is to contribute to our understanding of the role of patent thickets as a barrier to entry … several parts:1) A review of the literature on patent thickets, including the limited empirical evidence regarding effects of …

The aim is to contribute to our understanding of the role of patent thickets as a barrier to entry into new …:A review of the literature on patent thickets, including the limited empirical evidence regarding effects of patent thickets on …;An empirical evaluation of the extent to which patent thickets appear to be barriers to entry in some technology areas …

to the "Eco-Patent Commons", which provides royalty-free access to third parties to patented climate change related … investigate the motives of the contributing firms as well as the potential for such commons to encourage innovation and diffusion … knowledge management that combine open innovation and patenting …