At least since Arrow (1962), the effects of appropriability on invention have been well studied, but there has been … terminate or commercialize the invention is driven by the current market value of the invention, as well as the option value of … risks. We find that better appropriability in the sense of more effective patent strength and secrecy has a strong negative …

effects on markets and innovation. I propose several administrative and legislative measures directed toward the elimination … markets and innovation, such measures merit serious consideration by the USPTO and Congress …

The role of individual inventors, small firms and entrepreneurs in the patent courts has become controversial for two … patents in cases filed in 2000 and 2002, we explore how the resolution of patent cases relates to the nature of the parties …. In particular, we examine whether individual inventors and entrepreneurs are ability to defend their patent rights and …

countries, from other parts of the world, and from international organisations. The focus of the book is on the institutional …

What happens when a contract, the Patent Act, and the Bayh-Dole Act purport to give ownership in the same patent to the …

U.S. firms and the prominence of this procedure in U.S. patent policy debates, we investigate the influence of corporate … and patent characteristics on the use of continuations. We employ novel data on applicants and their filings of three … development-intensive firms that patent heavily, and that these continuations are more common in chemical and biological …