Patent trolls have been around for at least two decades, especially in the US. Their business model is well-known. They …. They then approach other firms which are merely suspected of using the invention with threats of patent infringement suits …

comparisons to United States law. It considers the use of trade secrets protection as an alternative or complement to patent …

on patent citations from the EPO/OECD PATSTATS database to account for research value. The empirical analysis validates …

from broad genus type claims to narrow species type claims. In this paper we explain how the US Patent and Trademark Office …

provides a cost-benefit analysis of the first public health-oriented patent pooling and licensing institution, the Medicines … Patent Pool (MPP), which is devoted to improving generic drug supply in low- and middle-income countries. A simple structural …

creates a shock for the patent holder but also its competitors who cite that patent: invalidation wipes out portfolio … synergies and the necessity to have defensive patents. This paper shows that Federal Circuit patent litigations affect the … invalidated patent. This observation supports that many patents are renewed for defensive purposes. The portfolio size also …

This paper extends the Cournot-Shapiro model to provide a tractable model of voluntary patent pool formation among … standard essential patent holders. We assume that patent holders have complementary patents for a standard. We first show that … the existence of a path of voluntary patent pool formation heavily depends on demand for patent licenses and that no such …