The aim of this paper is to test whether patent-based indicators are still reliable measures of innovativeness in light … already under way respectively at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). For most … this purpose, we use a unique data set which collects balance sheet items and patent information from EPO and USPTO. After …

In our days, German machine tool makers accuse their Chinese competitors of violating patent rights and illegally … American technology. To understand the dynamics of this catching-up process we use patent statistics to analyze firms … this strategy by stipulating a patent law that discriminated against foreign patent holders and probably also by delaying …

powerful strategic tool: the offers that he makes to the patent holder will affect the royalty rate that the Court may adopt as … availability of injunctions, the holder of a sufficiently weak patent will end up accepting below FRAND rates, in particular when … sufficiently strong patent will always end up in litigation by rejecting offers below FRAND. This arises in particular when the …

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services in different patent offices. Quality … is defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The … of patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ …

Most econometric analyses of patent data rely on regression methods using a parametric form of the predictor for … techniques for estimation purposes. Using this methodology we reanalyze the determinants of patent oppositions in Europe for …

corresponding necessity of machine learning. Subsequently, it will analyze the current approaches of the most relevant patent …

adapt to the new international rules on patent law. One of the main points of the Agreement is the possibility of …

public interest aspect and human rights implications while granting injunctions in patent litigation. Moreover, it asserts … that the courts should exercise prudence in granting injunctive relief in cases involving patent infringement, and take …