One feature of the European patent system that is heavily criticized nowadays is related to its complex fragmentation … and the induced cost burden for applicants. Once a patent is granted by the EPO, the assignee must validate (and often … objective of this paper is to assess to what extent validation and renewal fees as well as translation costs affect the …

This paper reviews the economic literature on the role of fees in patent systems. Two main research questions are … usually addressed: the impact of patent fees on the behavior of applicants and the question of optimal fees. Studies in the … former group confirm that a range of fees affect the behavior of applicants and suggest that a patent is an inelastic good …

patent system. The indicators are based on a review of the International Patent Classification in use by patent offices …

The paper compares and contrasts the patent-based indicators, traditionally used to assess a country’s technological … being misleading. Empirically, the paper is based on the statistical information on patent activity of the top-10 patenting … countries. It concludes with a clear demonstration of the need to employ a complex of patent-related indicators to make …

The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be … used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by … commercialization not found anywhere else, including whether, when and how (acquisition, licensing, existing or new firm) patents were …

Competitors embroiled in a patent dispute always prefer to preserve and share monopoly profits, even if the patent is … that their anticompetitive effects are commensurate with the expected result of counterfactual patent litigation, which …

When rivals settle a patent dispute, they prefer to preserve the full monopoly profit, even if the patent is very … from litigation. This avoids the need to estimate the odds of counterfactual patent litigation.This is a previous draft …

We show that examiner-driven variation in patent rights leads to quantitatively large impacts on several patent … outcomes, including patent value, citations, and litigation. Notably, Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) overwhelmingly purchase … patents granted by "lenient" examiners. These examiners issue patents that are more likely to be litigated by both PAEs and …

broken system of filing patents. This article presents a deeper view of the latter and suggests tried-and-tested methods to …

We investigate the effect of patent disclosures on corporate innovation. Using the American Inventor's Protection Act … (AIPA) as a shock that increased patent disclosures, we find an increase in innovation for firms whose rivals reveal more … the law. These findings suggest patent disclosures generate both spillover benefits and proprietary costs. Our findings …