dynamic competition between Italian firms. At the national level the exclusive allocation of the right to patent inventions to … system of protection (provision of a single patent that is valid in all Member States, the abolition of translation … needed. The objective of reducing the cost of patenting inventions without raising costs for competitors would be better …

investigates public policies and pri-vate interventions that sustain innovation in systems of SMEs. See Russo and Rossi (2009 …

patent was first granted in the fifteenth century by the Republic of Venice and has gone through changes, reforms, and …