Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an … and the certification effect of patents which signals the ventures' 'quality' to investors. If the decision about patent … start-up companies are reluctant to launch new products if patents are pending. Further, pending patents attract risk …

Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an … and the certification effect of patents which signals the ventures’ “quality” to investors. If the decision about patent … start-up companies are reluctant to launch new products if patents are pending. Further, pending patents attract risk …

overemphasis on patents—and inadequacies—such as failing to account for informal mechanisms of technology transfer, failing to …

patents is more widespread among technology startups than has been previously reported, but that the patterns and drivers of … holding patents are industry and context specific. Surprisingly, startup executives report in general that patents are … factors. We also find substantial differences in the roles played by patents for startups in the biotechnology and medical …

Software innovation is transforming the U.S. economy. Yet our understanding of how patents and patent transactions … software patents has remained remarkably robust, and actually grown in the number of transacted assets. The strength of this … demand appears to be driven by the defensive—not only offensive—value of software patents, the importance of software …

Patents and crowdfunding both attempt to foster early stage innova-tions. In theory, patents signal quality and value … backers to invest and buy crowdfunded products. These results provide insight into whether patents (1) act as sig-nals to …

research that was held by the Greek Industrial Property Organization (O.B.I.), investigates the fate of Patents that the … patents by the inventors and tries to answer the question whether the patent can be a strong motive for the patentee to start …

research that was held by the Greek Industrial Property Organization (O.B.I.), investigates the fate of patents that the … patents by the inventors and tries to answer the question whether the patent can be a strong motive for the patentee to start …

-a-vis the socially optimal policy. Patents can control the pace of innovation and restore the efficient level of experimentation … theory of two-tier patent policy involving so-called "petty" patents …

Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an … and the certification effect of patents which signals the ventures' “quality” to investors. If the decision about patent … start-up companies are reluctant to launch new products if patents are pending. Further, pending patents attract risk …