Innovation occurs within ... …

about promoting innovation? I argue that empirical progress in patent law depends on greater policy diversity (rather than … more robust theory development about the mechanisms by which innovation policies work. This pluralistic, evidence …Many scholars have wrestled with what I call the “first-order question” in patent law: What policies should we adopt to …

This paper studies a simple model of experimentation and innovation. Our analysis suggests that patents may improve the … project to implement. A successful innovation can be copied by other firms. Symmetric equilibria (where actions do not depend … equilibria). In contrast to patents, subsidies to experimentation, research, or innovation cannot typically achieve this …

at the intensive margin, i.e. our results do not suggest that non-innovative companies are deterred from innovation …

Recent work suggests that Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) — or “patent trolls” — are a new form of financial … intermediary. According to this view, individual patent holders are unable to contract with large manufacturers because they lack … the financial resources necessary to litigate against infringement. Since individual patent holders are heterogeneous in …

Although it may surprise scientists, one can receive a patent in many jurisdictions without implementing an invention …

Conventional wisdom says that innovation is fundamentally at odds with the Regulatory State: It is a gift of a handful … of lonely geniuses that need to be unchained from State control and its rigid and obsolete regulations. The ‘Innovation … responsibility for regulating innovation. Therefore, this Article suggests that the heart of the matter is not whether the State …

This paper studies a simple model of experimentation and innovation. Our analysis suggests that patents may improve the … project to implement. A successful innovation can be copied by other firms. Symmetric equilibria (where actions do not depend … equilibria). In contrast to patents, subsidies to experimentation, research, or innovation cannot typically achieve this …

This paper studies a simple model of experimentation and innovation. Our analysis suggests that patents may improve the … project to implement. A successful innovation can be copied by other firms. Symmetric equilibria (where actions do not depend … equilibria). In contrast to patents, subsidies to experimentation, research, or innovation cannot typically achieve this …