We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team … is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation … is weak. We also connect collaborative patents to the ethnic composition of the firm's U.S. inventors and cross …

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … innovation for a particular technology class to build on, then that technology class innovates more. …

progression of scientific findings through a major university's technology transfer process and 2.) firms' use of the academic …

policy statement does not link the need for a robust patent system with the generation of the very technological innovation … that powers competition. Markets for technology do not function well without strong IP rights. Competition policy needs to …The US government, in reviewing competition policy issues that might impact standards, needs to be aware that the …

Increasing evidence indicates that a large share of granted patents are ''undeserved'' because they do not meet the …, introduced the post-grant validity challenge at the United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO). This procedure allows … any third party to question granted patents, possibly leading to patent revocation or scope reduction. This paper aims to …

) systems. But there has been little systematic study into the impacts of the ITC and CSI on technological innovation. To …

for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …

. It is argued that technology policy towards a particular industry must take the role of inventors' mobility in … crystal display technology by estimating the impact of inventors' changing organizational and collaborative affiliations on … the probability of citations in US patents filed between 1976-1995, while controlling for geographic localization effects …

and stimulating innovation in the biotechnology sector, some policy levers narrow down the patent potential for … their quest into the judicial treatment of patents in different industry sectors. They present an in-depth commentary on … that current European patent law holds substantial potential for technology-specific application. Even though the European …