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between the propensity to jointly own a patent and proximity in the product market; b) joint patents are associated with less …
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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 …
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We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions – Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK … information at the case, litigant, and patent level for patent cases filed at the major courts in the four jurisdictions. We find …
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We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions - Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK … information at the case, litigant, and patent level for patent cases filed at the major courts in the four jurisdictions. We find …
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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 …
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to the “Eco-Patent Commons”, which provides royalty-free access to third parties to patented climate change related …
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This paper explores the phenomenon of “trademark squatting” – a situation in which someone other than the original brand owner obtains a trademark on a brand. We develop a model that shows how squatting results from market uncertainty that leads brand owners to rationally forgo registering...
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We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions - Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK … information at the case, litigant, and patent level for patent cases filed at the major courts in the four jurisdictions. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957667
We survey the economic literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the choice of intellectual property protection by firms. Our focus is on the tradeoffs between using patents and disclosing versus the use of secrecy, although we also look briefly at the use of other means of formal...
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We survey the economic literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the choice of intellectual property protection by firms. Our focus is on the trade-offs between using patents and disclosing versus the use of secrecy, although we also look briefly at the use of other means of formal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815447