The effects of patent litigation on university licensing efforts

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 739-755

  Shane, Scott ^a   Somaya, Deepak ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Licensing; Litigation; Patents; Public policy; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249010581     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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