witnessed for other small firms suing large firms. Thus, our results suggest that patent litigation is not dominated by trolls …The role of individual inventors, small firms and entrepreneurs in the patent courts has become controversial for two … since they do not have the financial resources to overcome the transactions costs of litigation. However, there is also a …

This paper estimates the total cost of patent litigation to alleged infringers. We use a large sample of stock market … litigation are much greater than legal fees and costs are large even for lawsuits that settle. Lawsuits cost alleged infringers …

agreement settling the litigation, to delay selling its drug until as late as the expiration of the patent term. I adapt the …A generic drug maker that has been sued for infringing a patent on a branded drug will sometimes promise, as part of an … standard optimal patent term model to determine whether the delay in competition caused by such agreements raises consumer …

Settlements are often considered to be welfare-enhancing because they save time and litigation costs. In the presence … which will not occur if a dispute is settled out of court. Focusing on private litigation, we examine the impact of court … offset the positive externality of litigation. -- Litigation ; settlement ; asymmetric information ; court error ; strict …

The study focuses on the admissibility and assessment of economic expertise in EC competition law litigation. I start … by exploring the broader issues raised by the integration of economic expertise in litigation: in particular the risk of … selected member states in order to integrate economic expertise in litigation. My objective will be to understand how these …