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      • June 2007
      • Article

      What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland

      By: Josh Lerner and Feng Zhu
      Economists have debated the extent to which strengthening patent protection spurs or detracts from technological innovation. This paper examines the reduction of software copyright protection in the Lotus v. Borland decision. If patent and copyright protections are... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Patents; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Feng Zhu. "What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland." International Journal of Industrial Organization 25, no. 3 (June 2007): 511–529. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11168.)
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors

      By: William R. Kerr
      The ethnic composition of US scientists and engineers is undergoing a significant transformation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual patent records granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to document these trends with greater... View Details
      Keywords: Inventors; Scientists; Engineers; Information Technology; Patents; Ethnicity; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Immigration; China; United States; India
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      Kerr, William R. "The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-006, May 2007. (Permanent working paper describing ethnic-name patenting data, revised December 2008.)
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      Finding Lost Profits: An Equilibrium Analysis of Patent Infringement Damages

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
      We discuss how a seller can appropriate rents when selling knowledge that lacks legal property rights by solving either an expropriation or a valuation problem and then analyze how seller rents increase when a portion of the intellectual property (IP) can be protected.... View Details
      Keywords: Profit; Patents; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Knowledge; Rights; Strategy; Valuation; Problems and Challenges
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Finding Lost Profits: An Equilibrium Analysis of Patent Infringement Damages." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 23, no. 1 (April 2007): 186–207. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • February 2007
      • Supplement

      Patents & Patients, CIPLA - Video

      By: Rohit Deshpande
      Keywords: Patents; Health; Media
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      Deshpande, Rohit. "Patents & Patients, CIPLA - Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 507-705, February 2007.
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      Public Policy Towards Patent Pools

      By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
      Keywords: Policy; Patents
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Public Policy Towards Patent Pools." Innovation Policy and the Economy 8 (2007): 157–186.
      • December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
      • Case

      Monsanto: Realizing Biotech Value in Brazil

      By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
      In 2003, Monsanto's patented "Roundup Ready" technology was used illegally on 70-80% of the soybean area in southern Brazil. Under pressure from U.S. soybean growers, who were paying to license the technology, the firm implemented an innovative delivery-based... View Details
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Lawfulness; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Brazil
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      Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Monsanto: Realizing Biotech Value in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 507-018, December 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
      • November 2006
      • Article

      Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations

      By: Juan Alcacer and Michelle Gittelman
      Analysis of patent citations is a core methodology in the study of knowledge diffusion. However, citations made by patent examiners have not been separately reported, adding unknown noise to the data. We leverage a recent change in the reporting of patent data showing... View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Knowledge Sharing; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Information Technology; Prejudice and Bias; Change
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Michelle Gittelman. "Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 4 (November 2006): 774–779.
      • 2006
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Does Competition Increase Patent Litigation? Empirical Evidence of Strategic Patenting in the Telecom Equipment Industry

      By: Juan Alcacer and Rachelle C. Sampson
      Anecdotal evidence suggests that patent litigation has increased in the last 20 years as firms in knowledge intensive industries use patents more frequently to protect their knowledge stocks and managers focus on extracting new revenue streams from existing patent... View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Competition; Lawsuits and Litigation
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Rachelle C. Sampson. "Does Competition Increase Patent Litigation? Empirical Evidence of Strategic Patenting in the Telecom Equipment Industry." 2006. (Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI, August 2005.)
      • February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Veridian: Putting a Value on Values

      By: Rakesh Khurana, Joel Podolny and Jaan Margus Elias
      David Langstaff, the CEO of Veridian, a defense company, struggles with the decision of selling the company. Langstaff has concerned himself with inculcalating his organization with the values necessary for superior achievement over the long term. But as a fiduciary,... View Details
      Keywords: Cash; Corporate Governance; Financial Markets; Law; Leadership; Patents; Values and Beliefs; Service Industry; Aerospace Industry
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      Khurana, Rakesh, Joel Podolny, and Jaan Margus Elias. "Veridian: Putting a Value on Values." Harvard Business School Case 406-028, February 2006. (Revised October 2006.)
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      Policy Implications of Weak Patent Rights

      By: James J. Anton, Hillary Greene and Dennis Yao
      Patents vary substantially in the degree of protection provided against unauthorized imitation. In this chapter we explore a range of work addressing the economic and policy implications of "weak" patents—patents that have a significant probability of being overturned... View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Motivation and Incentives; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Rights; Monopoly; Business Startups
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      Anton, James J., Hillary Greene, and Dennis Yao. "Policy Implications of Weak Patent Rights." Innovation Policy and the Economy 6 (2006): 1–26. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • 2006
      • Other Unpublished Work

      The RAD-Patent-LRD Mapping Project

      By: William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu
      Keywords: Patents
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      Kerr, William R., and Shihe Fu. "The RAD-Patent-LRD Mapping Project." United States, Bureau of the Census Technical Paper , U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2006. (Summary version published in The Journal of Technology Transfer.)
      • December 2005 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      Amgen Inc.'s Epogen--Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao
      Amgen Inc.'s Epogen was the first biotech blockbuster drug. Epogen helped prevent anemia, a condition that leads to severe fatigue, increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and even death. At the time, the market for Epogen, which included dialysis patients and... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Strategic Planning; Competition; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Amgen Inc.'s Epogen--Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug." Harvard Business School Case 706-454, December 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
      • December 2005 (Revised February 2019)
      • Case

      Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis Yao and Filipa Azevedo Jorge
      In 2000, Procter & Gamble Co. introduced Crest Whitestrips, a new, revolutionary product that allowed consumers to whiten their teeth at home. With Whitestrips, P&G created an entire new category in oral care, worth $460 million in 2002. Whitestrips sent P&G's main... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Advertising; Product Launch; Patents; Price; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis Yao, and Filipa Azevedo Jorge. "Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G." Harvard Business School Case 706-435, December 2005. (Revised February 2019.)
      • Article

      Discussion of "Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States" by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, and Arvids A. Ziedonis

      By: Josh Lerner
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Education; Information Technology; Patents; Law; Communication; United States
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      Lerner, Josh. Discussion of "Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States" by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, and Arvids A. Ziedonis. Journal of Economic Literature 43, no. 2 (June 2005): 510–511.
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      150 Years of Patent Office Practice

      By: Josh Lerner
      Keywords: Patents; Business Ventures
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      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.)
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      Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Comment

      By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
      Keywords: Patents; Knowledge; Information
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      Henderson, Rebecca M., Adam Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg. "Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Comment." American Economic Review 95, no. 1 (March 2005): 416–464.
      • October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
      • Case

      Langer Lab, The: Commercializing Science

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Alex Kazaks, Ayr Muir-Harmony and Bryce LaPierre
      Professor Robert Langer's laboratory at MIT is the source of an unusually large number of published papers, patents, and technology licenses to start-up and established companies in the biomedical industry. Explores Langer's leadership and other factors that create a... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Research and Development; Patents; Innovation Leadership; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Education Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Alex Kazaks, Ayr Muir-Harmony, and Bryce LaPierre. "Langer Lab, The: Commercializing Science." Harvard Business School Case 605-017, October 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
      • 2004
      • Book

      Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System Is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What To Do About It

      By: Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Patents; System
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      Jaffe, Adam, and Josh Lerner. Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System Is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What To Do About It. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
      • June 2004
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      Efficient Patent Pools

      By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
      Keywords: Patents
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Efficient Patent Pools." American Economic Review 94, no. 3 (June 2004): 697–711. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 9175.)
      • May 2004
      • Background Note

      56K Modem Battle

      By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
      Examines the battle to set the standard for the 56K modem. Set in 1996, this case looks at how computers accessed the Internet via a telephone line, or dial-up connection, and a hardware modem. In 1995, there were 18.6 million total modem unit shipments, with market... View Details
      Keywords: Announcements; Revenue; Patents; Product Launch; Network Effects; Standards; Competition; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Illinois
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      Yoffie, David B., and Deborah Freier. "56K Modem Battle." Harvard Business School Background Note 704-501, May 2004.
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