relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …

of patent law on innovation. The data have been constructed from the catalogues of two 19th century world fairs: the …

's fairs between 1851 and 1915. Exhibition data show that the industry where an innovation is made is the single most important …

How do non-practicing entities ("Patent Trolls") impact innovation and technological progress? Although this question …", who exploit the patent system to extract rents and thereby hurt innovation. We employ unprecedented access to NPE … also find that downstream innovation drops in fields where patents have been acquired by NPEs. Finally, our numerical …

We study the causal impact of patent invalidation on subsequent innovation and exit by the patent holder. The analysis …

-on innovation …

quality, follow-on innovation. Winning a first patent boosts a startup's subsequent growth and innovation by facilitating …

. Accordingly, this paper offers an empirical comparison of patents in relation to the award of prizes for technological innovation … unpredictable, and was unrelated to such proxies for the productivity of the innovation as inventive capital or the commercial …

Research on the effects of patent protection on innovation and technology transfer in the cross-country pharmaceutical … industry adds to our understanding of the underlying forces driving a country's innovation level. Qian (2007) constructs a … not stimulate domestic innovation, as estimated by the US patent awards (both raw counts and citation-weighted) and …

a package to other firms. Regulators favor pools as a means to encourage innovation: Pools are expected to reduce … the effects of a patent pool on innovation. Contrary to theoretical predictions, the sewing machine pool appears to have … discouraged patenting and innovation, in particular for the members of the pool. Data on stitches per minute, as an objectively …