Functioning markets for technology are an important determinant for the type, scope and distribution of innovation … activities in an economy. However, markets for technology are often underdeveloped or inefficient. Existing theory attributes … structural forces that shape the demand side of markets for technology. In this study, we reason that demand depends on the …

Innovation is commercialization of technology. Imperfections in markets for technology should leave marks on physical …-up threats. Backward references in firm's patent portfolio indicate potential technology suppliers. I find a negative effect of … ownership fragmentation on investments related to innovation for firms with small patent portfolios. Hold-up threats are …

Technology is a bundle of inventions, which are increasingly protected by intellectual property rights. Typically … an alternative technology, especially when the product has been widely adopted. Thus, technology creators must coordinate … the disparate interests of various intellectual property owners in order to create useful technology. In this paper we …

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 …

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 …

Patent trolls appropriate profits from innovation solely by enforcing patents against infringers. They are often … technology field. Remarkably, and contrary to common belief, we find that this probability also increases in the patent … effectively terminate the troll business. In this paper, we shed light on this issue by empirically analyzing trolls patent …

among utility models- the type of patents inferior to invention patents. I also document that China’s patent infringement …This paper investigates characteristics of patents involved in infringement lawsuits in weak intellectual property … rights (IPR) regimes. Weak IPR regimes usually feature weak patent enforcement, such as relatively low level of compensation …