patent offices worldwide are facing a "patent explosion" (Harhoff et al., 2007). The role of Intellectual Property (IP … regarding IP intermediaries. Finally, article three concentrates on the question how external patent attorneys and their level … of experience influence patent filing strategies. By investigating the above questions in the respective studies my …

After 10 years analysing the patent market, we have some very direct advice this year. If you are in-house counsel, to …

of the brokered patent market. The model suggests that, compared to the Walrasian benchmark, the brokered patent market … is relatively inefficient and NPEs’ net effect on patent market efficiency is negative … and the IP market’s efficiency is unclear. Against this background, I structurally estimate a search-and-bargaining model …