balance the trade offs in considering costly patent litigation and they examine the antitrust implications. Although issues of …Procuring knowledge / Stephen M. Maurer, Suzanne Scotchmer -- Firm strategies and trends in patent litigation in the … address how firms balance the trade offs in considering costly patent litigation and they examine the antitrust implications …

audience. Three papers by Kortum and Lerner; Thomas; and Ziedonis and Hall examine the US patent system and its relationship to … venture capital, its impact on R&D expenditures and access to new technologies, and its affect on patent portfolio races. Two …Does venture capital spur innovation? / Samuel Kortum, Josh Lerner -- The effects of strengthening patent rights on …