network perspectives. It also reveals an empirical reality of commercial use and strategic nonuse of patents. The study is … commercialization (licensing, start-up). Finally, the study reports findings on the strategic use of patents and then tests hypotheses … about the factors driving strategic nonuse. It concludes that a significant portion of U.S. patents are indeed filed for …

In recent years, firms have been turning marginal innovations into patents more frequently than previously. All major …), particularly of patents has moved from a purely legal barrier to a strategic matter. Although issues and challenges related to …