TY - CHAP
T1 - FIRM STRATEGIES AND TRENDS IN PATENT LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES
AU - Somaya, Deepak
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Patent litigation has been rising rapidly in the United States since the mid-1980s, and particularly so in high-technology industries. The strategies pursued by firms with their patents have a significant influence on their decisions to file suit, and on the outcomes within litigation. The influence of strategic motivations on settlement outcomes is studied in two illustratively different industries - computers and research medicines. Evidence is found for two types of influences - the use of patents (as isolating mechanisms) to protect valuable strategic stakes, and their "defensive" role in obtaining access to external technologies (through mutual hold-up).
AB - Patent litigation has been rising rapidly in the United States since the mid-1980s, and particularly so in high-technology industries. The strategies pursued by firms with their patents have a significant influence on their decisions to file suit, and on the outcomes within litigation. The influence of strategic motivations on settlement outcomes is studied in two illustratively different industries - computers and research medicines. Evidence is found for two types of influences - the use of patents (as isolating mechanisms) to protect valuable strategic stakes, and their "defensive" role in obtaining access to external technologies (through mutual hold-up).
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U2 - 10.1016/S1048-4736(04)01504-8
DO - 10.1016/S1048-4736(04)01504-8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:34249079034
SN - 0762311029
SN - 9780762311026
T3 - Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth
SP - 103
EP - 147
BT - Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship
PB - JAI Press
ER -