a plausibly exogenous change to patent duration. Second, the nature of the law change meant that the patent duration … advantage of the TRIPS-induced law change to empirically estimate the impact of patent duration on innovation. I find evidence … attempt to empirically estimate its response to a major change to patent duration, from the TRIPS agreement …

patent terms vary: inventions that commercialize at the time of invention receive a full patent term, whereas inventions that … - effective patent terms. We present a simple model formalizing how this variation may distort research and development (R&D). We …, effective patent terms longer - for drugs targeting late-stage cancer patients, relative to drugs targeting early-stage cancer …

are interested in creating and innovating new things. 'Patent is an intellectual property right which protects the … appropriateness of granting patent rights over medical products will be discussed in this essay …

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 …