Standards, Innovation Incentives, and the Formation of Patent Pools

Technological standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology producers. In this paper I discuss how patent pools can be used to solve these problems and what incentives patent holders have to form a patent pool. I offer some suggestions how competition authorities can foster the formation of welfare increasing patent pools.

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Year of publication:	2010-11
Authors:	Schmidt, Klaus M.
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Patent pools \| standard setting organisations \| innovation \| complements problem \| patent thicket

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Series:	Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; L24 - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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