The decision to patent [electronic resource] / Alexandra Zaby
- Author:
- Zaby, Alexandra
- Published:
- Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag, [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages)
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- SpringerLink: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.The Patent System -- 1.1.1.Disclosure Requirement -- 1.1.2.Research Exemption -- 1.1.3.Patent Duration -- 1.1.4.Patent Scope -- 1.1.5.Inventive Step -- 1.2.The Economic Analysis of the Propensity to Patent -- 1.2.1.The Decision to Patent in the Light of the Protective Effects -- 1.2.2.The Decision to Patent in the Light of the Disclosure Effect -- 1.3.A New Theoretical Approach to the Propensity to Patent -- 1.4.Empirical Insights on the Propensity to Patent -- 1.5.Outline of the Book -- 2.The Decision to Patent with Vertical Product Differentiation -- 2.1.The Model Setup -- 2.2.Price Competition -- 2.3.Quality Choices -- 2.3.1.Quality Choices if the Invention is Kept Secret -- 2.3.2.Quality Choices if the Invention is Patented -- 2.4.The Patenting Decision -- 2.5.Licensing -- 2.6.Welfare Considerations -- 2.6.1.Welfare with Secrecy -- 2.6.2.Welfare with a Patent -- 2.6.3.Welfare with Licensing -- 2.6.4.Welfare Maximizing Appropriation Choice -- 2.7.Concluding Remarks -- 3.An Empirical Investigation of the Decision to Patent with Vertical Product Differentiations -- 3.1.Hypotheses and their Empirical Implementation -- 3.2.Sample Definition -- 3.3.Variable Definition -- 3.4.Empirical Results -- 3.5.Concluding Remarks -- 4.The Decision to Patent with Horizontal Product Differentiation -- 4.1.The Model Setup -- 4.2.Price Competition -- 4.3.Market Entry -- 4.4.The Patenting Decision -- 4.5.Licensing -- 4.6.Welfare Considerations -- 4.6.1.Welfare with Secrecy -- 4.6.2.Welfare with a Patent -- 4.6.3.Welfare with Licensing -- 4.6.4.Welfare Maximizing Appropriation Choice -- 4.7.Concluding Remarks -- 5.An Empirical Investigation of the Decision to Patent with Horizontal Product Differentiation -- 5.1.Hypotheses and Their Empirical Implementation -- 5.2.Sample and Variable Definition -- 5.3.Empirical Results -- 5.4.Concluding Remarks -- 6.Summary and Discussion.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9783790826128
379082612X - Note:
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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