We investigate the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on firm performance (FP). This study contributes to the literature on IC by extending the IC components and exploring the moderating effect of intellectual property right (IPR) reform on the IC-FP association. An analysis of a dataset of...

This paper combines insights from law and economics to create a hybrid model that examines the U-shaped relationship between the strength of a country’s IPR protections and its level of economic development over time. This hybrid model is used to analyze whether implementing different levels...

This paper investigates the impact of non-practising entity (NPE) patent litigation on the delisting of the firms in the United States (US) stock market. Using a sample of high-tech and patent-intensive firms from the US market between 2000 and 2019, we find that frivolous patent trolling by...

This paper examines how corporate infringement with respect to intellectual property (IP) is associated with institutional investors’ investment horizons. Using a comprehensive and unique database of IP infringement cases involving patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, we show that firms’...

This Brief and Pleasant Guide to NFTs and Copyright Law is written by Professor Michael D. Murray, the author of A Short and Happy Guide to Copyright Law (West 2d ed. 2022), and the principle investigator of the Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, and the Metaverse Law Project at the University of...

The pharmaceutical industry discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as medications to be administered (or self-administered) to patients, with the aim to cure them, vaccinate them, or alleviate the symptoms. Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic or...

This essay places the second version of the blueprint for the Intellectual Property Currency (IPC), in which we have updated the first one with more detailed descriptions in depth. The IPC would be issued by the International Central Bank for Intellectual Property (ICB/IP) upon request when the...