FIRM STRATEGIES AND TRENDS IN PATENT LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES

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Abstract

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).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIntellectual Property and Entrepreneurship
PublisherJAI Press
Pages103-147
Number of pages45
ISBN (Print)0762311029, 9780762311026
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth
Volume15
ISSN (Print)1048-4736

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
  • Finance
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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