competitive firms in the final product market, each with one essential patent necessary for production. The equilibrium price …

for these patents. But as SSOs adopt policies that lower patent prices, their conduct begins to look like collusion … subject to antitrust scrutiny. Indeed, classic economic theory suggests that when a monopsonist (or multiple oligopsonists … argues that these policies results from a misunderstanding of economic theory. The monopsony problem is typically discussed …

. This Article investigates the possible avenues (and pitfalls) for patent-protecting an invention. Once a patent is obtained …, most inventors are faced with a trio of complicated decisions: sell the patent to an entity with the financial resources to … turn the idea into a product, license the patent for future use, or aggressively search for possible infringements by the …

for a generic drug modeled after the patented drug, an act of constructive patent infringement. This then initiates … paragraph IV patent litigation. In order to avoid a finding of patent invalidity, branded and generic manufacturers have entered …

By using a simple model of patent settlement, in this paper we show that even if side payments (negative fixed fees …) are banned, a licensing agreement to settle a patent dispute may harm consumers in comparison with the expected outcome of …