Automobilindustrie, Softwarebranche, Kommunikationsbranche, Patent- und Innovationsmanager Die Autorin Dr. Helen Niemann promovierte bei …

This paper explores a paradox: the extensive tilt toward strengthened patent laws in the United States and the world …

areas, a firm having short citation lag relative to the prior patent literature has a significantly high patent quality in … terms of patent citation and the number of claims per patent, suggesting that the speed of R&D mattes. Such an effect is … also a high patent quality, indicating the importance of the capability to use scientific knowledge. Such an effect is …

This paper uses renewal data to estimate the value of U.S. patents, controlling for patent and owner characteristics …. Estimates of U.S. patent value are substantially larger than estimates for European patents, however, the ratio of U.S. patent …. However, patent citations explain little variance in value, suggesting limits to their use as a measure of patent quality …

property laws. This trend was first seen in trademark and copyright law, but recent decisions have shown the change in patent … application of U.S. patent law. Instead, I articulate a balanced approach that would consider not only whether the patent would be …