This paper examines patent protection in an endogenous-growth model. Our aim is twofold. First, we show how the patent … policies discussed by the recent patent-design literature can influence R&D in the endogenous-growth framework, where the role … of the patent-design literature. In a general-equilibrium model, both incentives to innovate and monopoly distortions …

This paper considers the prospect of a government patent buyout in a model of endogenous growth. To this end, the … shows that in this set-up, patent buyout by the government can lead to higher level of welfare without lowering an economy …

then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and … between IP, innovation, access, and public health between stakeholders with divergent interests. This working paper provides … an overview of the patent landscape of medical treatments and technologies related to COVID-19, and of the patent status …

This working paper provides a statistical analysis of 74 patent families which cover subject matter relevant to ten … based on VaxPaL, a COVID-19 vaccines patent database developed by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP). Through the detailed … examination of patent applicants, filing dates, and offices of first and subsequent filing, the paper identifies patterns and …

. Domestic innovation is measured as citation-weighted domestic patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO): to account for … to patent at the EPO. Results show that, in the short-run, IPR stimulate innovation. The effect for developing countries …This paper analyses the causal impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on pharmaceutical innovation in a panel of …

output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services in different patent offices. Quality … is defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The … of patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ …

Incentives and assistance provided by TTOs, university policies, patent legislation and scientific disciplines are …

What difference does government support of business R&D make to the rate of innovation? Addressing this important …-year period; we include trademarks and industrial designs as well as patents to broaden measures of innovation output; and …