This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent …. Patents which have survived opposition are more likely to encounter subsequent litigation actions after the granting procedure …

study how the timing of settlement is shaped by the stages and features of the litigation process. Using competing risk …

A simple auction-theoretic framework is used to examine symmetric litigation environments where the legal ownership of …

and deters parties from settling disputes out of court. In contrast, the law is certain ex post: litigation fosters the … of a legal system (kept under control by litigation) and its litigation rate (sustained by uncertainty). We describe such … equilibrium rates in a model of tort litigation, study how they are affected by different policies, and compare the costs and …

We consider a model of a single defendant and N plaintiffs where the total cost of litigation is fixed on the part of … defendant. Moreover, if litigation is a public good as is the case in shareholder derivative suits, parties may fail to reach a …