for acquiring for the purpose of putting a patent to sleep decreases when the intellectual property law is stricter …

conduct a domestic versus cross-border transaction involving patent sales. We find that acquirer bank and fund ownership have … very little association with cross-border M&A transactions involving patent sales. However, risk-averse family owners and … cross-border M&A transaction involving patent sales. This is attributable to the fact that the valuation of intangible …

Patent sales are an underappreciated means of monetizing patents. Recent blockbuster patent sales indicate heightened … demand for patent acquisitions. There is evidence that such patent sales transfer patents to parties more skilled in patent … enforcement, reducing litigation. Patent sales also move capital to innovators, which enhance incentives to innovate. But …