antitrust laws to regulate the problem of patent holdup of members of standard setting organizations. Although some have … conduct would be better evaluated under the federal patent laws and state contract laws …

Innovation is an inherently uncertain process. Success is typically coupled with risk and we can only hope that those … with great ideas will persevere. To encourage innovation, society reduces some of the innovation risk through structures … simply stop playing the game.Such uncertainty has recently been a topic of great concern in the U.S. patent system. Some …

(2007) to study patent litigation strategy and rates of innovation. We show that a legal regime where infringement is …In a patent infringement suit, the alleged infringer wins with a ruling of either patent invalidity or non …-period competition, but simultaneously removes constraints to successful future innovation. The choice of whether to vigorously pursue …