experimental and dynamic microeconomic model useful for studying the patent system as a trade system, where patented technology is … previous work on patents, trade and economics in that the focus is on the competitive pricing of the rights themselves, using … transparent prices of patents, dynamic gains from using a patent in multiple industries and the coordination of invention …

The patent system makes organized markets in patents with transparent prices possible. Such prices are here … investigated as “signals” for inventors and innovators alike ofv aluable “technology areas”, in an experimental study. They inform … decisions of specialized “firms” on allocation of resources for invention given a search space of induced technology values. The …

,” creating dynamic gains, potentially increasing the use of technology in the economic system. Previous research on licensing has …The question of how prices on patents rights should be determined in impersonal exchanges is examined in a laboratory … environment. Dynamic gains from such organized trade with public prices are recorded. The experiment introduces a competitive …

The patent system makes organized markets in patents with transparent prices possible. Such prices are here … investigated as "signals" for inventors and innovators alike of valuable "technology areas," in an experimental study. They inform … decisions of specialized "firms" on allocation of resources for invention given a search space of induced technology values. The …

," creating dynamic gains, potentially increasing the use of technology in the economic system. Previous research on licensing has …The question of how prices on patents rights should be determined in impersonal exchanges is examined in a laboratory … environment. Dynamic gains from such organized trade with public prices are recorded. The experiment introduces a competitive …

There is increasing concern that overlapping patents in the field of genetics will create a costly and legally complex … field of genetics, notably with the patents pertaining to the SARS genome. In this review, we initially address the patent …

Concerns have been expressed that gene patents might result in restricted access to research and health care. The … exponential growth of patents claiming human DNA sequences might result in patent thickets, royalty stacking and, ultimately, a … existing examples of collaborative licensing models. Those models are examined from a theoretical perspective and tested in a …

This paper analyzes how the optimal strength of patents on basic inventions is affected by financial constraints on the … and discourage the developer from exerting costly effort. Because of this, the distortions arising from patents on …

, in 1949, the Office delivered the first patent for a plant, viz. a succulent. As for animals, the Office granted patents … for the culture of animal cells from 1970 onward. And as for human material, the Office first granted patents for human …

paper will discuss the question from a European perspective, and investigate what impact emerging market patents may have on … employing patents as policy tools to stimulate innovation, and a more contemporary/economic approach looking at patents as … two facets of patents, can a meaningful response to the current emerging market patent tsunami be developed …