This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and … firms, in terms of patents and trademarks, and we study whether the two instruments for protecting IP exhibit …) between the patents and trademarks owned by the same firm and we then investigate whether such concordance exert any effect on …

main dataset covers their intellectual properties, patents and trademarks, filed between 2005 and 2012. The paper extends …

The effect of a firm's size is analysed in relation with the probability of applying for a patent. We worked on the … identification of a firm's minimum size, a threshold needed to formally protect an innovation by legal means. Below this minimum size … literature concludes that as size increases so does the propensity to patent. This research finds similar results for pool …

by electronics manufacturers. State-owned firms spend more on R&D per patent, but hold fewer patents per researcher than … to patent more, and government support also appears to matter. Exterior design patents are associated with different firm …China has surpassed the United States in patent applications and has become world leader. Strong patenting activity …

Intellectual property protection mechanisms (IPPMs) are critical to fostering innovation and their relevance has grown …