This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent … than patents which have not been opposed. Patent owner's ability to trade patents with potential infringers and to interact …

Differently from the majority of countries in the European Union and around the world, Germany’s patent laws and … impact on defendants during patent infringement proceedings. Especially on the practically important preliminary stage an … monopolistic patent right often seems to be treated in a too strict, property-like manner and its economic value seems not to be …

The determinants of court selection in patent litigation -- The effects of bifurcation in patent litigation systems … -- The timing of patent transfers in Europe. …Applying novel datasets, Fabian Gäßler analyzes how key aspects of the current patent system in Europe and Germany …

I analyse how patent litigation outcome in Germany affects the performance of the disputing firms by interpreting … the functioning of the bifurcated German patent litigation system: The separation of litigation and invalidity decisions …, resulting in invalidity decisions taking much longer than decisions on infringement, provides patent holders with a window of …

We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent … litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that … bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held infringed that is subsequently invalidated. Our conservative estimates …