We examine the intersection of patents and antitrust where a patentholder uses the monopoly power it possesses in the … market. The present scheme forawarding patents cannot judge when the issuance of a patent will lead tothe appropriate balance … competence to ensure that patents do not cause economic stagnationand harm by permitting a patent holder to extend its monopoly …

, through patents, exposes new firms to undesired spillovers. The second essay exploits asymmetric effects on success and …

the recent trends in filing patents based on herbal resources in US Patent Office during last two years compared to the …

not have a common research focus and are unlikely to cite each other's patents. …

communism. Secondly, it explores empirically the main drivers oftheir innovative output, proxied by patents, using a variety of …

citations. They found that Korean patents are more likely to cite Japanese patents than U.S. ones, maybe due to their proximity … found that the South East had a higher number of patents granted in USPTO than their Latin American counterparts and the … higher number of patents granted in EPO than the NS area countries. Furthermore, the technologies registered in SE area …