This paper studies how innovative firms manage their innovation portfolios after filing for Chapter 11 reorganization … the mechanism is secured creditors exercising their control rights on collateralized patents. Creditor-driven patent sales … are more likely to be purchased by patent trolls …

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 …

We study how innovative firms manage their innovation portfolios after filing for Chapter 11 reorganization using three … mechanism is secured creditors exercising their control rights on collateralized patents. Creditor-driven patent sales in … likely to be purchased by patent trolls …