The design of patent pools: The determinants of licensing rules

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-625

  Lerner, Josh ^a   Strojwas, Marcin ^a   Tirole, Jean ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 41849147203     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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