This paper assesses the impact of adopting a post-grant review institution in the US patent system by comparing the … 'opposition careers' of European Patent Office (EPO) equivalents of litigated US patents to those of a control group of EPO … employing these different methods in our data analysis. We find that EPO equivalents of US litigated patent applications are …

Although patent litigation has become increasingly global, with litigants earning billion-dollar verdicts and seeking … litigants are increasingly drawn, and to which policy makers interested in harmonizing the U.S. patent system look in vain for … database including nearly 9,000 patent suits from seven of the largest and most judicially-active countries in the European …

Most econometric analyses of patent data rely on regression methods using a parametric form of the predictor for … techniques for estimation purposes. Using this methodology we reanalyze the determinants of patent oppositions in Europe for …

linked with the evolution of modern patent law and patents are pillars of biotechnology industry. The context for patenting … biotechnology inventions in the U.S., Europe, Japan and China. Doctrines and practice regarding patent eligibility, utility, novelty … requirements, including requirement for patent disclosure of the source of genetic resources in China, will be highlighted …