The Decision to Patent with Vertical Product Differentiation -- An Empirical Investigation of the Decision to Patent … with Vertical Product Differentiation -- The Decision to Patent with Horizontal Product Differentiation -- An Empirical … Investigation of the Decision to Patent with Horizontal Product Differentiation -- Summary and Discussion …

This article explores the propensity to patent in the light of the disclosure effect. Unlike earlier approaches … concerned with the patenting decision, we take into account that a disclosure effect may decrease the merits of patenting by … facilitating inventing around the patent for competitors. In our theoretical model, we find that the disclosure effect - contingent …