This article presents the results of an analysis of the patent trading flows of small and large firms and the … determinants of these firm's patent sale and acquisition decisions. We also examine whether these transactions lead to an excessive … concentration of patent rights. We show that small firms disproportionately sell and acquire more patents than large firms, and find …

This article presents the results of an analysis of the patent trading flows of small and large firms and the … determinants of these firm’s patent sale and acquisition decisions. We also examine whether these transactions lead to an excessive … concentration of patent rights. We show that small firms disproportionately sell and acquire more patents than large firms, and find …

qualitative research into patent trading we suggest that the emergence of a well-functioning market for patented new technological … in the process of creation of innovative knowledge, in its transformation into a fictitious knowledge commodity (patent … products (based on the patent), and generally in the problem of incomplete and asymmetric information. Also a commonly accepted …