This book provides a thorough analysis of the decision to patent. Unlike manyother theoretical approaches, the negative effect a patent may have due to the disclosure requirement linked to every patent application is taken into account. By this the effects driving the propensity to patent can be identified asthe opposing forces of a protective and a disclosure effect. The theoretical investigation includes an analysis of the propensity to patent in a setting with vertically and horizontally differentiated products. Due imperfect patent protection competitors of the patentee may enter the market for the innovative product despite of a patent. An empirical investigation of the theoretical results with data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel of the year 2005 in combination with patent information from the European Patent Office confirms some of the main conclusions. Disentangles the counter effects underlying the decision to patent The widely ignored effect of the disclosure requirement on the patenting decision is taken into account Introduces the patenting decision into commonly known models of horizontal and vertical product differentiation All theoretical analyzes are accompanied by an empirical investigation of the results
- ISBN: 978-3-7908-2611-1
- Editorial: Physica-Verlag
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 164
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés