The private values of ‘thickets’ and ‘fences’: Towards an updated picture of the use of patents across industries

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 457-476

  Reitzig, Markus ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Invention value; Patent fence; Patent thicket; Patent use; Patenting strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066182360     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000188719     Document Type: Article

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