A well-developed theoretical literature — dating back at least to Nordhaus (1969) — has analyzed optimal patent policy … Nordhaus framework as a key input into optimal patent policy design: namely, what is the elasticity of R&D investment with … respect to the patent term? We then review the — surprisingly small — body of empirical evidence that has been developed on …

practical, non-research-based use at the time patent protection is sought. The fear is that an early-stage patent on a research … innovation. Yet, denying patents on research inputs can frustrate patent law’s broad goal to protect and promote advances in … patent.” This regime would allow inventors to obtain patents on research inputs and extract their full value through …

A well-developed theoretical literature -- dating back at least to Nordhaus (1969) -- has analyzed optimal patent … the Nordhaus framework as a key input into optimal patent policy design: namely, what is the elasticity of R&D investment … with respect to the patent term? We then review the -- surprisingly small -- body of empirical evidence that has been …

therelationship between the motivation to invent and the motivation to patent aninvention. The research presents a model utilized to …While much literature examines invention and patentlicensure as separate research entities, this research examines … of social planningupon the level of innovation and patenting. Overall, the model indicates that a firm's level of R …

biomedical research commons. These efforts represent a significant shift towards "privatizing" patent regulation. Through a new … biomedical research commons. It concludes by exploring the significant ramifications of this development for patent law …Patents on biomedical research tools - technological inputs to experimentation - may inhibit scientific inquiry and the …

-stacking effect would hurt efficiency and downstream competition. In this paper we show that when we consider patent litigation and … Cournot effect. We show that the lower the total royalty that a downstream producer pays, the lower the royalty that patent … in the royalty that unconstrained large patent holders will charge that may overturn some of the standard predictions in …