We consider a vertically related market where one quantity-setting and another price-setting downstream firm negotiate … that the price-setting firm produces a higher output and earns a higher profit than the quantity-setting firm when … bargaining is decentralised. Additionally, both firms produce the same output, whereas the profit is higher under the price …

defense replaces a decade old “earlier inventor” defense that arose from a software system patent infringement case and … applied only for business method patents. This article assesses the AIA’s prior use defense from the perspective of software … technology in view of the contentious issues around software patenting. It concludes, first, that courts should interpret the …

In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open …-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically … contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the nature of competition between OSS constituents and proprietary software …