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- 13 Jun 2024
- News
Studies Highlight Gender and Race-Based Gaps in Patent Applications
- 05 Jan 2013
- News
On Google, F.T.C. Set Rules of War Over Patents
- September 2024
- Article
Standing on the Shoulders of Science
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Monika Schnitzer and Martin Watzinger
Today’s innovations rely on scientific discoveries of the past, yet only some corporate
R&D builds directly on scientific output. In this paper, we analyze U.S. patents to
investigate how firms generate value by building on prior art “closer” to science. We
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Krieger, Joshua Lev, Monika Schnitzer, and Martin Watzinger. "Standing on the Shoulders of Science." Strategic Management Journal 45, no. 9 (September 2024): 1670–1695.
- 2023
- Working Paper
How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting
By: Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda and Richard Townsend
Despite theoretical predictions to the contrary, corporate innovation is strongly pro-cyclical. In this paper, we compare innovation in the economy as a whole to that of firms backed by venture capital (VC), a source of capital associated with the most impactful young... View Details
Keywords: Recessions; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Business Cycles; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Howell, Sabrina T., Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda, and Richard Townsend. "How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-115, May 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- spring 2001
- Article
Introduction: Symposium on the Patent System and Innovation
By: Josh Lerner, Adam Jaffe and Jean Lanjouw
- 08 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project
- 15 Apr 2015
- News
Biogen, Danish company in patent spat worth billions
- January 2002
- Article
Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
By: Ajay Agrawal and Rebecca M. Henderson
Agrawal, Ajay, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT." Management Science 48, no. 1 (January 2002): 44–60.
- Article
Congress Must Look Forward in Reining in Patent Trolls
By: Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers
Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Congress Must Look Forward in Reining in Patent Trolls." Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (May 28, 2015).
- 28 Apr 2014
- News
Apple-Samsung $2 Billion Patent Case Over Google Near End
- August 2001
- Article
Technology as a Complex Adaptive System: Evidence from Patent Data
Fleming, L., and O. Sorenson. "Technology as a Complex Adaptive System: Evidence from Patent Data." Research Policy 30, no. 7 (August 2001).
- Article
Gender Difference in Patenting in the Academic Life Science
Ding, Waverly, Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart. "Gender Difference in Patenting in the Academic Life Science." Science 313, no. 5787 (August 4, 2006): 665–667.
- fall 2000
- Article
Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ajay Agrawal
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ajay Agrawal. "Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT." Economic Institutions of Strategy 21 (fall 2000): 1123–1145. (Reprinted in Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 26, Economic Institutions of Strategy," edited by J. Nickerson and B. Silverman, 2009.)
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Felicia Ellsworth
This note analyses and compares the legal definitions and practical applications of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Felicia Ellsworth. "Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-023, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- Article
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
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.)
- Article
Patent Protection Should Take a Backseat in a Crisis
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Patent Protection Should Take a Backseat in a Crisis." Bloomberg Opinion (March 26, 2020).
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Industry R&D Survey – Patent Database Link Project
By: William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu
Kerr, William R., and Shihe Fu. "The Industry R&D Survey – Patent Database Link Project." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-031, November 2006. (forthcoming in Journal of Technology Transfer.)
- 24 Sep 2012
- News
With Smartphone Deals, Patents Become a New Asset Class
- 2001
- Working Paper
Measuring the 'Ideas' Production Function: Evidence from International Patent Output
By: Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern