Market reaction to patent infringement litigations in the information technology industry

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-75

  Raghu, T S ^a   Woo, Wonseok ^b   Mohan, S B ^c   Rao, H Raghav ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c SBM Associates   (United States)

^d 160 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Intellectual property; IT innovations; Litigations; Patents

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PATENT INFRINGEMENT LITIGATIONS; STOCK MARKET;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 39749202878     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-007-9036-5     Document Type: Article

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