. Although it was long agreed that the purpose of granting patents is to reward invention, today many scholars instead attempt to … could potentially flourish with just the opposite policies—narrower patents granted later in time—and so might actually be …

their quest into the judicial treatment of patents in different industry sectors. They present an in-depth commentary on …

This paper analyzes the effects of mixed public-private Ramp;D incentives and empirically tests whether patents that … were publicly sponsored are more quot;importantquot; than non-subsidized ones. Blending patents and public subsidies will … social value. The empirical analysis shows that subsidized inventions result in more quot;importantquot; patents, as measured …

The "market for innovation" - the sale and licensing of patents - is an often discussed source of incentives to invest … in R&D. This article presents and estimates a model of the transfer and renewal of patents that, under some assumptions …, allows us to quantify the gains resulting from the transfer of patents in the market for innovation. The gains from trade …