, alternative patent: the inclusive patent. The inclusive patent is perceived as a one-sided right geared to include rather than to …. The inclusive patent is further conceived as a registration patent obtainable at low cost. The inclusive patent regime may … be developed as a semi-codified regime where the inclusive patent entitlement is provided by law and the open source …

patentability standards at PTOs (Patent and Trademark Offices awarding so-called bad patents), not only “false innovators” have the … chance of being granted patents but also, and more interestingly, “true innovators” are forced to patent more intensively … distortions caused by bad patents. Moreover, we show that introducing a two-tiered patent system is unlikely to improve market …

The recent surge of patent disputes plays an important role in discouraging firms from entering new technology domains … at EPO between 2000 and 2015, we construct a new measure of litigiousness using patent opposition data. We find that the … degree of litigiousness and the density of patent thickets negatively affect the likelihood of firms entering new TDs. Across …

We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the … patent universe in its technological and economic variety. We introduce a novel instrumental variable for patent invalidation … that exploits personnel scarcity in post-grant opposition at the European Patent Office. We find that patent invalidation …

We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the … patent universe in its technological and economic variety. We introduce a novel instrumental variable for patent invalidation … that exploits personnel scarcity in post-grant opposition at the European Patent Office. We find that patent invalidation …

This article investigates patent protection for a long sequence of innovations where firms repeatedly supersede each …

This study was initiated in order to provide more factual insight into the recent debates on patent reforms in general … and more particularly, the practice of patent continuations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO … components of the flow of patent applications to the USPTO was carried out and insight into the ever-increasing propensity of …

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least …

in where environmental law has failed to efficiently provide greater incentives for environmental innovation. A patent … not face efficient incentives for environmental innovation - a market failure that patent rewards can ameliorate. Along … these lines, the analysis reveals a previously unrecognized benefit of patent rewards in certain circumstances …

In 2023 organizations can apply for a European patent with unitary effect in 25 European Union countries. The system … explore the possibilities and limitations that a European patent with unitary effect can potentially give to organizations … concerning the innovative solutions they obtain within their projects.The procedure of obtaining a unitary patent will be faster …