This paper analyzes patent pools and their effects on innovation incentives. It is shown that the pro …-competitive effects of patent pools for complementary patents naturally extend for dynamic innovation incentives. However, this simple … case, the licensing fees reflect the strength of patents. Patent pools of complementary patents can be used to discourage …

The issue of Patent enforcement in the UK has generated a lot of heat, but not much light in the last year. Despite the … patent litigation for small and medium sized firms. Based on an Opinion Report by the same author that contributed to SABIP …'s response to Justice Jackson's Civil Litigation Costs Review, this paper unpacks several aspects of patent litigation reform in …

.Concentrating patent litigation that involves parallel patents in a single national court would improve the enforcement of patent rights by … countries. However, any concentration of patent litigation is difficult because of the rule mandating that only courts in the … country where a patent was granted may adjudicate the validity of the patent. In the European Union, the 2006 judgment in GAT …

We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions – Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK … information at the case, litigant, and patent level for patent cases filed at the major courts in the four jurisdictions. We find …