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 …. Patents which have survived opposition are more likely to encounter subsequent litigation actions after the granting procedure …

to raise a lawsuit in case of an impasse. We …nd thatgreater variance in court outcomes increases the litigation rate and …

. Finally, we study partial settlements and how they interact with each other in real-world adjudication using new and unique …

contracting decreases the settlement rate and increases the volume and costs of litigation. These contingent contracts mimic the … services provided by third-party investors, including litigation funders and insurance companies. The two litigants (weakly … costs of litigation, and may increase the aggregate cost of risk bearing. In this sense, third-party involvement in …

We formally analyze the effects of legal presumptions in patent litigation. We set up a novel contest model to study … litigation outcomes, judgement errors, and resource dissipation under three alternative presumption criteria: a presumption that …

enhances property rights and deters future costly litigation. Experimental evidence supports these predictions. Our findings … provide new insights into the incidence of litigation and trial. …

be exploited by the opponent to build its own argumentation. In this paper we present a litigation success function (LSF …

law and economics to offer a novel organizational perspective on litigation and private dispute resolution, and develop … hypotheses about the likelihood of litigation in different exchange settings. Our empirical analysis generates three sets of new … end of an exchange relationship, as firms frequently manage to avoid litigation and resolve their disputes privately, and …