We show that the acquisition of a startup inventor's first patent has a negative effect on the subsequent productivity … of the patent's inventor, leading to 6.7 fewer patents being granted to the inventor over five years. This effect is not … due to the inventor focusing on high-quality patents—in fact, the opposite appears to be the case. Our novel …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and … firms, in terms of patents and trademarks, and we study whether the two instruments for protecting IP exhibit …) between the patents and trademarks owned by the same firm and we then investigate whether such concordance exert any effect on …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and … provide a rather complete picture of the innovation activities of Italian firms, in terms of patents and trademarks, and we … addition, and to our knowledge novel, we propose a measure of concordance (or proximity) between the patents and trademarks …

matching information on patents and products at the firm level, we provide evidence concerning firms' technological and product …

research that was held by the Greek Industrial Property Organization (O.B.I.), investigates the fate of Patents that the … patents by the inventors and tries to answer the question whether the patent can be a strong motive for the patentee to start …

Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an … and the certification effect of patents which signals the ventures’ “quality” to investors. If the decision about patent … start-up companies are reluctant to launch new products if patents are pending. Further, pending patents attract risk …

How does the publication of patents affect innovation? To answer this question, we exploit a large-scale natural … patents in the U.S. by two years. After the passage of AIPA, patents receive more and faster follow-on citations, indicating … significant technology diffusion. Technological overlap increases between distant but related patents and decreases between highly …