Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in terms of value and … value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …

Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm … acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …, patents can be attractive because of their strategic value as a bargaining chip, e.g. in licensing negotiations. This is …

Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm … acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …, patents can be attractive because of their strategic value as a bargaining chip, e.g. in licensing negotiations. This is …

Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm … acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …, patents can be attractive because of their strategic value as a bargaining chip, e.g. in licensing negotiations. This is …

Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in terms of value and … value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …

manufacturing in 2000, it turns out that patents are important to protect intellectual property in the market, whereas secrecy seems …