of the WTO to ensure that patent protection stimulates innovation, and that the benefits are in balance with social costs …

. 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 …

problem of "patent trolls" or non-practicing entities (NPEs). The article surveys the NPE controversy from a variety of … of reforms that led up to the Innovation Act, with a particular focus on critiques of patent enforcement in general and … effects of patent litigation. The article concludes that current efforts may not be as beneficial to innovation as has been …

process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent … predecessors, the boundaries of patent eligibility dictated by the term “process” and the term “art” that it replaced, along with … acknowledged the existence of the many lower court tests for patent eligibility that have evolved and even encouraged development …

The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological … progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is undermining, rather than furthering, these goals …. Particularly in the United States, the time, cost, and complications of patent suits provide openings for opportunistic assertions …

This is an Online Appendix to accompany: “Troll” Check? A Proposal for Administrative Review of Patent Litigation …

The legal monopoly granted by the patent system has often been criticized for its inefficiency, which is exacerbated by …

This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced … adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German … states, Prussia granted patents more restrictively by setting higher novelty requirements. Though, patent fees were much …