This paper analyzes the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect innovation. While … previous studies have usually considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate to what …

The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be … used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by … commercialization not found anywhere else, including whether, when and how (acquisition, licensing, existing or new firm) patents were …

markups, falling labor share and productivity growth. Patents are an important obstacle to knowledge diffusion. We find an …

We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … patents on low-value original innovations, invalidation predominantly increases low-value followon innovation outside the … contrast, for patents on high-value original innovations, invalidation mainly increases high-value follow-on innovation in the …

patenting, our results further suggest that knowledge creation alliances lead to patents that are filed to protect valuable …

This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect … innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate …

invention (through patents) and the clinical trials data submitted for market approval (through data exclusivity). Patent …

patenting, our results further suggest that knowledge creation alliances lead to patents that are filed to protect valuable …&D Collaboration ; Knowledge Exchange ; Patents ; Innovation ; Count Data Models …