We contribute to the economic literature on patent litigation by taking a new perspective. In the past, scholars mostly … focused on specific litigation cases at the patent level and related technological characteristics to the event of litigation … supplemental information on IP litigation and patent portfolios. The rich survey information regarding firms’ general innovation …

In the widely publicized campaign to curb purported “patent troll” litigation abuses, there are many anecdotal stories … on non-practicing entities’ (“NPE”) alleged abusive patent assertions. In view of the paucity of accurate accounts of the … real stories behind these “patent troll” stories, this paper exposes the machinery used to manufacture one of these …