patentability standards at PTOs (Patent and Trademark Offices awarding so-called bad patents), not only “false innovators” have the … chance of being granted patents but also, and more interestingly, “true innovators” are forced to patent more intensively … distortions caused by bad patents. Moreover, we show that introducing a two-tiered patent system is unlikely to improve market …

Patents and crowdfunding both attempt to foster early stage innova-tions. In theory, patents signal quality and value … interac-tion between these two innovation tools by determining the impact of a crowdfunding campaign’s patent status on the … campaign’s success and de-livery. The first study examines 9,184 Kickstarter campaigns in patent-eli-gible categories to …

O'donoghue and Zweimüller (2004, J. of Econ. Growth), a seminal work, showed that broadening leading breadth in patent … intervention in patent licensing negotiation using two different profit division rules derived from a cooperative game. We find … that intervention in patent licensing negotiation increases the growth rate and stabilizes the economy. …

the patent office. Traditional reforms have focused almost exclusively on making the patent office more effective at … examination. This Article instead looks at patent quality from an applicant’s perspective, and evaluates how certain patent rules … be valid. The result is a distinctive set of tools that could be used to improve patent quality without additional …