We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations … actually use IPRs. The further impact of fewer competitors is to raise R&D, when initial competition is strong, but to reduce … it, when initial competition is weak ("inverted U"). …

settlements; (iii) issues concerning standard-essential patents (SEPs); (iv) the conduct of patent assertion entities (PAEs); and …Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression … guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly important in the context of the competition policy treatment of …

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property … on why developing countries should encourage FDI and strengthen the IPR regime together to enhance domestic innovation …

asserts that this post-grant market should involve little or no competition, and infers from this that patents should be broad …. However, economists have long debated the relationship between competition and innovation. A leading view among contemporary …In his seminal “prospect theory” of patents, Edmund Kitch contends that patents should be relatively broad in order to …

set of opportunities for innovation in agricultural biotechnologies. Moreover, the institutional, regulatory and … – highlighting static and dynamic models and the effects of competition – and alternative incentives to innovate. A brief list of …

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations … actually use IPRs. The further impact of fewer competitors is to raise R&D, when initial competition is strong, but to reduce … it, when initial competition is weak ("inverted U"). …

We test whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a … intellectual property rights. The further impact of fewer competitors is to raise R&D, when initial competition is strong, but to … reduce it, when initial competition is weak ("inverted U"). …

innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate …This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect … the complementary role of the two protection methods. We identify protection strategies for single innovation firms and …

the inventor in two patents and (2) only applying the prohibition when the earlier patent did not satisfy the technical … general cost of living. This article argues there should be greater competition for the production of follow-on drugs through … the strengthening of the double patenting prohibition: preventing extending exclusive rights beyond the original patent …

Concerns have been raised that the upsurge of 3D printing technology would disrupt the patent system. The central … us to rethink patent law. The paper splits up this question by looking at two facets in more depth – patentability and …/consumers). The paper concludes that the wide uptake of 3D printing does not fundamentally challenge the premises of patent law. 3D …