period of most patent troll litigation, 2010 to 2014. We conduct analyses using cash flow predictive models and observations … from companies that had consistently obtained patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Regression results … judicial actions that have limited the ability of entities to file patent infringement lawsuits …

, and geopolitical question may lie in an unexpected place: the world’s patent offices. Countries with early and significant … patent activity in an emerging technology are more likely to view themselves as having a stake in the technology and … constrain it. The article introduces the term “patent footprint” to describe a country’s degree of patenting activity in a new …