firms may protect their inventions by means of intellectual property rights, such as patents. By taking out a patent … of patents on the dissemination of R&D findings is, however, insignificant. Therefore, we conclude that patent …From a firm’s perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand …

involved in the infringement of a single patent. Yet courts continue to struggle with such scenarios. Attempts to deal with … them — particularly when plaintiffs asserted so-called method patents, which cover specific “steps,” or actions — have … produced results that defy commonsense notions of legal responsibility. In method patent cases, the patentee must clear much …

innovation. Yet, denying patents on research inputs can frustrate patent law’s broad goal to protect and promote advances in … patent.” This regime would allow inventors to obtain patents on research inputs and extract their full value through … licensing and enforcement. Research patents would impose minimal administrative costs on the patent system and ultimately …

Can weakening patent protection incentivize innovation? I investigate the effects of weakened patent protection on … innovation at public firms by exploiting differential exposure to the Supreme Court decision Alice v. CLS bank. I employ a … relative to control firms that are less exposed. I provide causal evidence that innovation, measured by R&D, responds …