The "market for innovation" - the sale and licensing of patents - is an often discussed source of incentives to invest …, allows us to quantify the gains resulting from the transfer of patents in the market for innovation. The gains from trade … measure the benefits of reallocating the ownership of a patent from the original inventor to a new owner for whom the patent …

The determinants of court selection in patent litigation -- The effects of bifurcation in patent litigation systems … -- The timing of patent transfers in Europe. …Applying novel datasets, Fabian Gäßler analyzes how key aspects of the current patent system in Europe and Germany …

postdoctoral scholars contribute equally to patent activity or whether there is a differential effect depending upon visa status …. We find patent counts relate positively and significantly to the number of faculty, number of PhD students and number of …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent … than patents which have not been opposed. Patent owner's ability to trade patents with potential infringers and to interact …