This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims … automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …'s academic credentials are positively related with propensity to patent.From the findings, we can conclude that patenting …

solutions. In particular we suggest that SEPs be treated as a separate class of patents of national importance in patent acts …

with low social value that increase the social cost of the patent system. Third, the trade-off between the patent policy …. Beyond these three implications, economic theory also pleads for a mechanism design approach: an optimal patent system could … be based on a menu of different degrees of patent protection where stronger protection would involve higher fees …

This study represents the first investigation of the ability of the financial marketplace to value patent assets via … exploiting the informational content of a widely-quoted stock market patent index known as the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index (OT … portfolio composed of other very liquid patent-holding firms …

The major focus of this paper is introducing an objectives clause in patent statutes. Such proposals have been made in … Australia as it is clear from case law that judges need better direction as to the goals of the patent system. An advisory group …, composed largely of patent system beneficiaries, has put forward a very poor, self-serving proposal. This paper identifies the …

We examine the effect of pharmaceutical patent protection on the speed of drug launch, price, and quantity in 60 … countries from 2000-2013. The World Trade Organization required its member countries to implement a minimum level of patent … potential static losses that result from reduced competition during the patent term. We take advantage of the fact that at the …

The paper investigates whether patent fees are an effective mechanism to deter the filing of low-quality patent … applications. The study analyzes the effect on patent quality of the Patent Law Amendment Act of 1982, which resulted in a … substantial increase in patenting fees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Results from a series of difference …

. In recent litigation, three issues have risen to the fore, popularized under the labels “patent ambush”, “patent holdup …” and “patent thickets”. There is a risk that the discussion of standardization, in academic and policy circles, becomes …

The protection of strong rights under patent law is intended to incentivize investment in innovation. Beyond this … protection, should patent law also impose responsibilities upon patent holders? The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the power … patent law confers upon technology companies far exceeds any responsibilities these companies have assumed. This asymmetry of …