This paper analyzes how injunctions relate to patent hold-up problems. To this end, we present a simple model of … licensing negotiations between a patent holder and a downstream firm in the shadow of litigation. More specifically, we consider … the situation in which an injunction is granted as a matter of course if a patent is found valid and infringed upon in …

period of most patent troll litigation, 2010 to 2014. We conduct analyses using cash flow predictive models and observations … from companies that had consistently obtained patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Regression results … judicial actions that have limited the ability of entities to file patent infringement lawsuits …

decision making. SEP holders and implementers create negotiated FRAND commitments through patent license agreements. Courts … reduce standardization, impede innovation, and constrain market negotiation of patent license agreements. The article … introduces the concept of the “patent run-around” to describe potential effects of “licensing to all” regulations. The article …

exchange for working disclosures of inventions. The culprit is likely patent law's doctrine of enablement. Although the … these basic goals of scientific research and patent law. More concretely, it provides several examples of irreproducibility … misalignment between good clinical practice and patent doctrine. Ultimately, this analysis illuminates several current debates …

the strengthening of the double patenting prohibition: preventing extending exclusive rights beyond the original patent … the inventor in two patents and (2) only applying the prohibition when the earlier patent did not satisfy the technical … meaning of “prior art” within §102 of the Patent Act. The rulings weakening the double patenting doctrine have disregarded …

situation known as a patent thicket, which, along with the associated issues of accumulating royalty payments, can act as a … disincentive for innovation. One potential means of preventing this is for the patent holders to enter into a so-called patent pool … field of genetics, notably with the patents pertaining to the SARS genome. In this review, we initially address the patent …

, alternative patent: the inclusive patent. The inclusive patent is perceived as a one-sided right geared to include rather than to …. The inclusive patent is further conceived as a registration patent obtainable at low cost. The inclusive patent regime may … be developed as a semi-codified regime where the inclusive patent entitlement is provided by law and the open source …