innovation, and the many uses and abuses of patents. The text also details new IP phenomena in an increasingly patent …Contents: Preface -- 1. Innovation, IP and intellectual capitalism -- 2. Analytical framework -- 3. Patents and … analysis -- 6. What explains fluctuations in patenting frequency and propensity? -- 7. Discussion and general innovation and IP …

O'donoghue and Zweimuller (2004, J. of Econ. Growth), a seminal work, showed that broadening leading breadth in patent … protection can stimulate innovation. However, the empirical literature has consistently found skeptical results on the positive … our model, broadening leading breadth can negatively affect innovation because each innovator is incentivized to free …