patent law operates generally with an emphasis on how it may impact the environment in particular. In so doing, the essay … addresses from a patent perspective some representative concerns relating to patents that appear to be prevalent in the … environmental literature and shows how the patent system may provide substantial benefit for those favoring the environment …

between the propensity to jointly own a patent and proximity in the product market; b) joint patents are associated with less …

The Constitution gives Congress the power to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." The patent system … v. MercExchange, this Note advocates a patent system that will allow access to stagnant patents sooner. The proposed … system starts with an initial exclusive patent period that is much shorter, and then includes renewable periods of …

-competitive patent settlements and hold-ups in relation to standard setting processes, in addition to the modern focus on mergers that …

In 2004 the German Patent and Trademark Office commissioned the Ifo Institute to deliver a research report on the topic … "Identification of Available and Desirable Indicators for Patent Systems, Patenting Processes and Patent Rights". - The report … but also giving consideration to legal and business aspects. This includes the valuation of the patent system itself, the …

In 2004 the German Patent and Trademark Office commissioned the Ifo Institute to deliver a research report on the topic … "Identification of Available and Desirable Indicators for Patent Systems, Patenting Processes and Patent Rights". - The report … but also giving consideration to legal and business aspects. This includes the valuation of the patent system itself, the …

' successful patent applications. The last chapter describes sector-level input-output relationships in eleven European economies …

technology markets and increased rents for small inventors. Is this also true for today's NPEs? Or are they “patent trolls” who … opportunistically litigate over software patents with unpredictable boundaries? Using stock market event studies around patent lawsuit …

lower than the social planner's benchmark, which suggests a role for patent policy. We focus on a “non-infringing inventive … instrument in the form of patent length policy …

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants many weak patents that would be ruled invalid if subjected … increase the accuracy of patent examinations. Others argue that the costs of such reform would outweigh the benefits; weak … patents reveal the “rational ignorance” of the Patent Office; it is optimal to leave examiners unequipped to identify more …