This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property … on why developing countries should encourage FDI and strengthen the IPR regime together to enhance domestic innovation …

We investigate how international patent activity enables firms from emerging economies to thrive in the global … marketplace. We match Chinese customs data to US patent records, and leverage the quasi-random assignment of USPTO patent … examiners to identify the causal effect of a US patent grant on the subsequent export performance of Chinese firms. Successful …

This paper uncovers over 10 central level and over 150 provincial/municipal level patent targets, mostly to be met by … the absence of important criteria for ensuring patent quality. Further, the overly heavy focus on just a few types of … quantitative patent targets (e.g., for patent applications and patents granted) overshadows the type of benchmarking that better …

China has surpassed the United States in patent applications and has become world leader. Strong patenting activity … by electronics manufacturers. State-owned firms spend more on R&D per patent, but hold fewer patents per researcher than … patent holders. Furthermore, the paper examines what drives patenting activity. Higher R&D spending by the firm and higher …

Do stronger intellectual property rights incentivize female participation in innovation? We provide new evidence on … innovation …

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least … partially meant to stimulate patents and "indigenous innovation." However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of … innovation …

We develop an index that compares the quality of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications by considering citations … is decreasing over time. We find that the patent quality of firms increases in R&D stocks but decreases with the …

inventions. International patent law treaties forbid this practice, which may lower the global innovation incentives and may hurt … result by discriminating against foreigners in the patent system by refusing to grant foreigners a patent for their … international trade. Using data on half a million inventions submitted to the Chinese patent office, we find robust evidence of anti …

parameters of patent licensing, including FRAND terms, for voluntary national standards; they allow discretion in determining the … necessity of suspending and revising voluntary national standards when patent licensing arrangements are not finalized; they … mandate patent licensing for compulsory national standards and also provide some transparency in national standards …

China's patent system is not significantly different from those in most countries, though it is more oriented towards … promoting technology diffusion rather than protecting inventors' rights. Since China patent law came into force in 1985, foreign …