institutional supports that made this market possible was, of course, the patent system, which created secure and tradable property … information about participants on both sides of the market for technology. Our quantitative analysis of assignment contracts … patentees. In other words, the development of institutions supporting market trade in patented technology seems to have made it …

to provide latitude to the Member States to tailor their national patent laws to fit their individual needs. In 2001, the … the lead role in enacting the TRIPS Agreement's substantive and procedural patent flexibilities by introducing unique … compulsory licensing, the most notable exception to patent rights provided under the TRIPS Agreement. This empirical study is …