Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; Van Pottelsberghe de la … - Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft - 2009
This paper analyzes firms’ choices regarding the geographic scope of patentprotection within the European patent system …. We develop an econometric modelat the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs onfirms …’ decision to validate a patent in a particular country once it has been grantedby the EPO. These costs have been disregarded in …