Pre-empted patents, infringed patents and firms' participation in markets for technology

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 543-554

  Grimpe, Christoph ^a,b   Hussinger, Katrin ^c,d,e  

^a INO ^*  (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross licensing; In licensing; Infringement; Pre emption

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COPYRIGHTS; INDUSTRY;

CROSS-LICENSING; GERMAN MANUFACTURING; IN-LICENSING; INFRINGEMENT; MARKET FOR TECHNOLOGY; MARKETS FOR TECHNOLOGY; PATENT APPLICATIONS; PRE-EMPTION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84893656953     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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