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- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 28 Aug 2010
- News
Paul Allen's Company Files Broad Lawsuit Over Patents
- January 2018 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO
This teaching note pairs with the case entitled: “The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO” (case no. 617-027). View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Information Provision and Innovation: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior Art Adoption at the United States and European Patent Offices
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
We exploit a natural experiment to study how codifying information about prior innovation affects subsequent innovation. A codified database of traditional Indian herbal formulations was adopted by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Ethnicity; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Information Provision and Innovation: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior Art Adoption at the United States and European Patent Offices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-079, February 2014. (Revised January 2018.)
- Article
Public Policy Towards Patent Pools
By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Public Policy Towards Patent Pools." Innovation Policy and the Economy 8 (2007): 157–186.
- May 2002
- Article
150 Years of Patent Protection
By: Josh Lerner
Keywords: Patents
Lerner, Josh. "150 Years of Patent Protection." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 92, no. 2 (May 2002): 221–225. (American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 92 (May 2002) 221-225. Reprinted in John Cantwell, editor, The Economics of Patents. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2005. Reprinted in Robert P. Merges, editor, Economics of Intellectual Property Law. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2007. Reprinted in Carlos M. Correa, editor, Intellectual Property and Economic Development. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2018. Earlier versions distributed as Harvard Business School Working Paper.)
- 18 Feb 2010
- News
Turning Patents Into 'Invention Capital'
- November 17, 2009
- Editorial
Inventing a Better Patent System
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Inventing a Better Patent System." New York Times (November 17, 2009).
- spring 2001
- Article
The Patent System and Innovation
By: Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner
Jaffe, Adam, and Josh Lerner. "The Patent System and Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 32, no. 1 (spring 2001): 167–199.
- Article
Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents
By: David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary P. Pisano and Pian Shu
Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate... View Details
Autor, David, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary P. Pisano, and Pian Shu. "Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents." American Economic Review: Insights 2, no. 3 (September 2020): 357–374.
- fall 2007
- Article
The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules
By: Josh Lerner, Marcin Strojwas and Jean Tirole
Patent pools are an important but little-studied economic institution. In this paper, we first make a set of predictions about the licensing terms associated with patent pools. The theoretical framework predicts that (a) pools consisting of complementary patents are... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Rights
Lerner, Josh, Marcin Strojwas, and Jean Tirole. "The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules." RAND Journal of Economics 38, no. 3 (fall 2007): 610–625. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 9680.)
- January 1996
- Case
Outrage in Cyberspace: CompuServe and the GIF Patent
By: Josh Lerner and Benjamin Conway
CompuServe, an online services vendor, informs its software developers that they must enter into a licensing agreement to use the popular GIF compression. CompuServe claims that it is forced to do so because Unisys is enforcing its patent rights in this area. Others... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Benjamin Conway. "Outrage in Cyberspace: CompuServe and the GIF Patent." Harvard Business School Case 296-057, January 1996.
- Article
150 Years of Patent Office Practice
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "150 Years of Patent Office Practice." American Law and Economics Review 7, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 112–143. (Earlier version distributed as Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 00-040 and National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 7478.)
- 17 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from US Patents
- Fast Answer
Patent terminology: Kind codes (or Status codes)
What are "kind codes" and why do I need to know about them? Kind codes are part of the patent number and are affixed at the end of the number. The kind code includes a letter, and may also include a number. It... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents
By: David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Pian Shu and Gary Pisano
Manufacturing is the locus of U.S. innovation, accounting for more than three quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The rise of import competition from China has represented a major competitive shock to the sector, which in theory could benefit or stifle innovation. In... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Competition; System Shocks; Trade; Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; China; United States
Autor, David, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Pian Shu, and Gary Pisano. "Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22879, December 2016.
- May 2024
- Article
Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents
By: Josh Lerner, Amit Seru, Nick Short and Yuan Sun
We develop a unique dataset of 24 thousand U.S. finance patents granted over the last two decades to explore the evolution and production of financial innovation. We use machine learning to identify the financial patents and extensively audit the results to ensure... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Investment Banks; Information Technology; Regulation; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Trends
Lerner, Josh, Amit Seru, Nick Short, and Yuan Sun. "Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents." Journal of Political Economy 132, no. 5 (May 2024): 1391–1449.
- 28 Jun 2017
- News
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
- February 2007
- Supplement
Patents & Patients, CIPLA - Video
By: Rohit Deshpande
Deshpande, Rohit. "Patents & Patients, CIPLA - Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 507-705, February 2007.