art which is relevant to judge the novelty of patent applications at the patent office and that corporate science has the … power to block patent applications. This paper analyses for the first time whether the presumed mechanism behind corporate … publications by corporations challenge the novelty of patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) significantly more …

computer software industry. We focus on two key aspects: patent portfolio size which affects bargaining power in patent … disputes, and the fragmentation of patent rights (.patent thickets.) which increases the transaction costs of enforcement. We …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

stronger patent records, highlighting a synergy between basic research and applied technologies. Mechanism tests indicate that …

The patent system gives the courts discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across technologies to provide … 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 …

, receive more forward citations per patent which indicates that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In the light of the … fewer citations for the individual patent …

art which is relevant to judge the novelty of patent applications at the patent office and that corporate science has the … power to block patent applications. This paper analyses for the first time whether the presumed mechanism behind corporate … publications by corporations challenge the novelty of patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) significantly more …