. A patent-investment race model is formulated in which innovative firms bargain and reach collusive agreements. It is … shown that, while collusion always delays innovation, it does not necessarily delay competition. Depending on a number of …

Most patent pools are formed in the shadow of patent litigation as an attempt to settle disputes in regard to … incentives to form a patent pool or engage in cross-licensing arrangements in the presence of uncertainty as to the validity and … incentives. Antitrust implications of patent pools are considered. The effects of patent pools on third party incentives to …

which technology transfer occurs. This presence could be in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI), licensing, or …

which technology transfer occurs. This presence could be in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI), licensing, or …

hybrid tax credit scheme positively relates to innovation output. The business sector R&D investment are higher in the … investments in innovation. The implementation of R&D tax credit schemes, however, varies across countries. The empirical research …, to explore the relationship between a set of R&D tax scheme features and innovation performance. Our estimation results …

Patent race models assume that an innovator wins the only patent covering a product. But when technologies are complex … patent standards are low, firms build "thickets" of patents, especially incumbent firms in mature industries. When they … other hand, when lead time advantages are significant and patent standards are high, firms pursue strategies of "mutual non …

Patent nonuse occurs when a patentee fails to commercialize its patent, such as when the patent has no present … commercial value or when attempts to license it have been unsuccessful. Patent nonuse may have anticompetitive purposes as well … patentee. This Article explores the phenomenon of patent suppression, examines possible reasons for its occurrence, and …

subsidies are then studied as a means to correct for possible under-investment of capital. We study the effect of a patent box … externalities, a bonus pay incentive was found to obtain the social first-best while a patent box or a subsidy to capital investment …A temporary change in pay to employed inventors around the time of patent application has been observed in a number of …

and patent productivity of the respective regional innovation systems (RIS). The empirical analysis is for nine German …