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for short) of 9,017 patents granted by theEuropean Patent Office (EPO) between 1993 and 1997, located in France, Germany …
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We analyze the design of legal principles and procedures for court decision-making in civil litigation. The objective is the provision of appropriate incentives for potential tort-feasors to exert care, when evidence about care is imperfect and may bedistorted by the parties. Efficiency is shown...
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During recent years the management of Intellectual Property (IP) underwent major changes. IP management systems became increasingly complex nowadays actively handling an integrated mix of intellectual assets rather than just “administrating” patents or trademarks as single, independently...
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This paper shows how a financial institution can profit from the development of financial products even if they are unpatentable.
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The size of damages awarded in courts underlines the great impact thatindemnification regulations should have on innovation and imitation incentives.Surprisingly from an economic standpoint, however, various calculation methodsfor damages are acknowledged by the law and may be applied in...
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Using the case of an important capital goods industry the paper examines the impact ofthe national patent system on the … nationalen undsektoralen Innovationssystemen beeinflußt wird. Das Patentrecht spielt in diesenSystemen eine wichtige Rolle. Auf …
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This paper studies the impact of cash constraints on equilibrium research intensities in a patent race between a … industry, where all innovations are patented and each patent award is in itself a race for the next innovation. Since the … identify the players’ status from the patent data: we call the patent assignee an entrant if none of the patents that are cited …
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Patent pools in the framework of Lerner and Tirole (2004) may enhance or reduce social welfare. The purpose of this …
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Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increasedsharply both in terms of value and volume. This development has not only beendriven by corporate acquirers but also to an increasing extent by private equityinvestors. In this paper, we analyze differences in...
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