Innovation occurs within ... …

patenting decisions are unresponsive to differences in patent laws. Cross-section evidence suggests that high-quality and urban …

five factors describe the phenomena largely responsible for the current mass extinction event, and patent law offers … valuable assistance in combating each one. Though it cannot offer a complete solution to the biodiversity crisis, the patent … system can offer powerful tools to help save biodiversity. On first inspection, patent law might appear an unlikely ally for …

The legal monopoly granted by the patent system has often been criticized for its inefficiency, which is exacerbated by …

an innovation rewarding institution. According to our analysis, pharma patents have constituted legal barriers to protect … witnessed by the fact that patent applications are very skewed in the covered trade names and patent thickness expands over time … pharmaceutical firms, between patent portfolio and profit margins. …

and stimulating innovation in the biotechnology sector, some policy levers narrow down the patent potential for …In their animated book 'The Patent Crisis and How the Courts can Solve It', Dan Burk and Mark Lemley give an account of … industry specific differences in the patent system from both a legal and economic perspective. The present article attempts to …

competition. I find that in the past decade the fraction of antitrust cases that relate to patents and innovation has increased … size and with patent ownership; smaller firms with more rapid sales growth are also more likely to be charged with …

British patent system prior to its reform in 1852 was cumbersome and expensive. Whether it facilitated or delayed the … Industrial Revolution is hotly debated. This paper's contribution is to examine the incentives to patent, and the characteristics … of patentees, by observing the entire population of British patents granted up to the patent reforms of 1852. I find …