sufficiently better at judging an idea's value and if it is sufficiently more costly to patent low than high value ideas, VCs …-run performance, but also infl ates their acquisition prices, and lowers their acquirers' overall profits. Patent law usefulness …

Am 22./23. Mai 1990 fand in Madrid die erste Europäische Konferenz für Patent und Innovation (Patinnova) statt. Der … durch einen möglichst umfassenden Patentschutz an. Es wurde die Forderung gestellt, diejenigen Elemente des Patent- und …

, vom Patent abweichendes europäisches Schutzrecht abzusichern. …

measure of innovation alternative to patent count. Unlike the impact on patent count, we do not find that VC investment … impact on patent count at industry level, and this impact is larger than that of R&D expenditures. We confirm that this … and material. Therefore, our finding suggests that, at industry level, VC investment increases the patent propensity but …

venture capital, innovation and entrepreneurship has greatly extended and improved our understanding of one of the major … and organization of the venture capital industry. Later, his most important publications on entrepreneurship, innovation …

rights on the invention are not sufficiently protected - because the entrepreneur has not filed for a patent or the invention … does not meet the legal requirements for patent protection - the investor may use the idea for his own purposes once the … investments, rather she underinvests. The impact of patent law is important. In the law and economics literature patent law is …

industries today, patents may actually discourage investment in innovation for fear of winding up on the losing side of a patent … innovation? This article notes that historical evidence, cross-country evidence, economic experiments, and estimates of net … fight, and routine injunctive relief from patent protection may contribute to this problem. …

heavily on the valuation of patent rights, as this gives a possible measurement of innovation output. …In 2004 the German Patent and Trademark Office commissioned the Ifo Institute to deliver a research report on the topic … "Identification of Available and Desirable Indicators for Patent Systems, Patenting Processes and Patent Rights". - The report …