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The market value of blocking patent citations
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Leten, Bart - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
shown that patents and their quality as measured by citations received by future patents contribute significantly to the … forward citations patents can receive at the European Patent Office. While a patent can be cited as non-infringing state of … the art, it can also be cited because it threatens the novelty of patent applications ('blocking citations'). Empirical …
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The market value of blocking patent citations
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Leten, Bart - 2011
shown that patents and their quality as measured by citations received by future patents contribute significantly to the … forward citations patents can receive at the European Patent Office. While a patent can be cited as non-infringing state of … the art, it can also be cited because it threatens the novelty of patent applications ('blocking citations'). Empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304459
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Access to intellectual property for innovation: Evidence on problems and coping strategies from German firms
Mueller, Elisabeth; Cockburn, Iain M.; MacGarvie, Megan - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 529-541
Transaction costs and contracting problems associated with proliferation of patents may have a negative impact on innovation. We present novel data on how frequently innovative German firms encountered problems with access to intellectual property (IP) for their innovation activities. While a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011046422
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R&D partnerships and innovation performance: Can there be too much of a good thing?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance. Fewer studies addressed potential drawbacks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097460
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Quantity or quality? Collaboration strategies in research and development and incentives to patent
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic … intellectual property, while exchange alliances drive portfolio patenting, resulting in fewer forward citations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957658
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Protecting innovation through patents and trade secrets: Determinants and performance impacts for firms with a single innovation
Crass, Dirk; Garcia Valero, Francisco; Pitton, Francesco; … - 2016
This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate the complementary role of the two protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539589
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R&D partnerships and innovation performance: Can there be too much of a good thing?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - 2015
R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance. Fewer studies addressed potential drawbacks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393274
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Exploring the Tail of Patented Invention Value Distributions
Scherer, Frederic M.; Harhoff, Dietmar; Vopel, Katrin - 1997
We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent holders. The paper focuses on those full-term German patents of the application year 1977 which were held by West German and U.S. residents. The most valuable patents in our data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297567
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Quantity or quality? Collaboration strategies in research and development and incentives to patent
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - 2012
more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic … intellectual property, while exchange alliances drive portfolio patenting, resulting in fewer forward citations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309806
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The interplay between product innovation, publishing, patenting and developing standards
Blind, Knut; Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel - 2022
Firms use a variety of practices to disclose the knowledge generated by their R&D activities, including, but not limited to, publishing findings in scientific journals, patenting new technologies, and contributing to developing standards. While the individual effects of engaging in the listed...
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