This chapter summarizes the basic characteristics of patent data as an innovation indicator and reviews some of the … recent research using patent data, focusing on major developments since Griliches in 1990 [Griliches, Z. (1990). “Patent … availability of patent data on an increasingly global scale and the accompanying global spread of research using patent data. The …

intellectual property right design. We derive conclusions in the simplest, one-time innovation, case then investigate how these … optimal procurement of innovation are considered. Finally, we sketch enforcement and competition policy issues. …

claimed invention based on a combination or modification of a prior art reference. Sri Lanka, as a developing country, should … look at the development that has taken place in other jurisdictions and adapt the patent law to local conditions when …

in it, drawing a portrait of contemporary capitalism in which the grip of law threatens the pioneers of innovation … for postgraduate students and researchers of the economics of innovation and IP law. Its original empirical analysis will … also prove insightful to industrial economists, policymakers, IP lawyers and innovation managers in cultural and creative …