There is some evidence that small European firms areless likely to patent their innovations than large firms. This studyinvestigates whether firm size affects the intensity of intellectual property(patents, trademarks, and registered designs) use in Australia. If there isunderinvestment in...

In this paper, we identify three policy instruments governments have at their disposal to affect the power of patent rights to prevent imitation: the size of the inventive step used to make the patent granting decision, the rigour of the patent examination process and the predisposition of the...