This study investigated the effect of patent value on the renewal (survival) of patents. The private value of patents … homogeneous patent data samples. In this study, a dataset is constructed from a cohort of 6646 patents from the 1996 and 1997 … application years, using patent data from the European Patent Office (EPO). We found that the family size and non-patent backward …

It is a fundamental principle of patent law that no one infringes a patent unless they practice the complete invention …. Nonetheless, patent courts have long recognized that focusing only on the party who actually practices the invention will … sometimes let off the hook the party who most deserves to be held liable. Thus, for over a century patent courts have extended …

heavily on the valuation of patent rights, as this gives a possible measurement of innovation output. … 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 …

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 …