Non-practicing Entities - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

years, several different intermediation business models have emerged for the intellectual property (IP) market. This note describes the most prominent ones: non-practicing entities (or patent trolls),... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

first large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. We find that on average, NPEs appear to behave as opportunistic “patent trolls.”... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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