) firms' incentives to contribute to the development and improvement of a standard, and (b) firms' decision to disclose the … after the end of the process and fully exploit their bargaining leverage, then patent holders aspire to disclose always … after the end of the process. However, if a patent holder cannot rely on the other participants to always contribute to the …

intellectual property. We provide an equilibrium analysis of (a) firms' incentives to communicate ideas for improvements of an …

influence the incentives for challenging patents, the question arises whether the antitrust assessment of patent settlements … should also consider their impact on the incentives to challenge potentially invalid patents. Patent settlements in the …Since the patent system relies on private litigation for challenging weak patents, and patent settlements might …

In this paper we develop a theory of patenting in which a firm preserves its reputation to only apply for a patent … from unworthy pending patents, as well as potential rents from PTO mistakes in granting patents. We provide conditions for …. In particular, we analyze the merits of different patent systems …

patents affect patenting incentives. We show that lower technological opportunities increase patenting incentives in complex …We investigate incidence and evolution of patent thickets. Our empirical analysis is based on a theoretical model of … patenting in complex and discrete technologies. The model captures how competition for patent portfolios and complementarity of …