of social welfare gains, and technological progress is the prime driver of economic growth. Patent and copyright law … writings. Antitrust law neither revokes nor restricts any right granted by patent law, and antitrust law can contribute little … in resolving disputes arising from commitments to license on FRAND terms.Economic theory and empirical research into …

initial inventor at the ex post licensing stage. By opting for a narrower patent and unprotected publication, the initial … patent holder commits not to hold up follow-on inventors, thus promoting sequential innovation and generating lucrative … serve as a counter-force to the much-lamented "anti-commons" problem. More generally, our theory demonstrates that the …

We develop a theory of control rights in the context of licencing interim innovative knowledge for further development …