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We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...
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promotion. In this paper, we assess one popular justification for feed-in tariffs, i.e., induced innovation as a positive … spillover externality. Based on regressions with a time-technology fixed effect negative binomial model, we find that innovation …
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promotion. In this paper, we assess one popular justification for feed-in tariffs, i.e., induced innovation as a positive … spillover externality. Based on regressions with a time-technology fixed effect negative binomial model, we find that innovation …
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We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by increasing their bargaining power over the employer, who is...
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We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by increasing their bargaining power over the employer, who is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414730
The paper develops an oligopoly model of innovation and applies it to data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel. The … complexity, etc. are important determinants of overall innovation expenditures, but not for R&D specifically. If legal protection … affect the innovation activity of the firm. Specification tests derived from the theoretical model do not lead to a rejection …
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Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents yielded a count of citations to those patents....
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Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents yielded a count of citations to those patents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417779
We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the …
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