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- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
average value. (Contests) allow me to find the extreme value.” Curbing the patent trolls Another research presentation focused on the adverse effects around patent litigation, which has increased sharply in the last decade. In fact, 2015 saw the one of the highest... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- December 2011
- Article
Alchemy of Evidence: Mau Mau, the British Empire, and the High Court of Justice
By: Caroline Elkins
Restorative justice in various forms is a phenomenon that has swept across the globe over the last three decades. Most recently, it is unfolding in the High Court of Justice in London where five Kenyans have filed a claim against the British government, alleging that... View Details
Elkins, Caroline. "Alchemy of Evidence: Mau Mau, the British Empire, and the High Court of Justice." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 39, no. 5 (December 2011): 731–748.
- Article
Will You Negotiate or Litigate?
By: Deepak Malhotra
Malhotra, Deepak. "Will You Negotiate or Litigate?" Negotiation 7, no. 10 (October 2004).
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
Doctors are afraid of getting sued. According to some accounts, 75 percent of them perform more tests and procedures than necessary to avoid potential lawsuits over medical malpractice. The phenomenon of “defensive medicine” has been... View Details
- August 2023
- Article
Financing the Litigation Arms Race
By: Samuel Antill and Steven R. Grenadier
Using a dynamic real-option model of litigation, we show that the increasingly popular practice of third-party litigation financing has ambiguous implications for total ex-post litigant surplus. A defendant and a plaintiff bargain over a settlement payment. The... View Details
Keywords: Litigation Financing; Dynamic Bargaining; Real Options; Lawsuits and Litigation; Financing and Loans
Antill, Samuel, and Steven R. Grenadier. "Financing the Litigation Arms Race." Journal of Financial Economics 149, no. 2 (August 2023): 218–234.
- July 2012
- Case
El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
By: John Coates, Clayton Rose and David Lane
On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained. Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine agreed with the plaintiffs... View Details
Keywords: El Paso; Kinder Morgan; Goldman Sachs; Leo Strine; Conflicts Of Interest; Corporate Governance; Relationships; Lawsuits and Litigation; Energy Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Coates, John, Clayton Rose, and David Lane. "El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan." Harvard Business School Case 313-021, July 2012.
- September 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Cartier v. Metro
Metro, a German wholesaler, sued Cartier, a French luxury retailer, to require Cartier to honor Cartier's guarantee on its watches that Metro sold, even though Metro is not part of Cartier's selective distribution network. Is such a network incompatible with the... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Distribution Channels; Apparel and Accessories Industry; France; Germany; European Union
Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Cartier v. Metro." Harvard Business School Case 803-054, September 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- June 2001
- Article
Playing by the Rules: How Intel Avoids Antitrust Litigation
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
Yoffie, David B., and Mary Kwak. "Playing by the Rules: How Intel Avoids Antitrust Litigation." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 6 (June 2001): 119–122. (Reprint R0106H.)
- March 1988 (Revised December 1988)
- Teaching Note
Burnet vs. Logan, Teaching Note
By: Henry B. Reiling
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation
- January 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Supplement
Endo Pharmaceuticals (F): Appeals Court Ruling
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Brian DeLacey
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (F): Appeals Court Ruling." Harvard Business School Supplement 806-082, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- December 2003 (Revised July 2005)
- Compilation
Meinhard v. Salmon (Abridged)
By: Henry B. Reiling and Maria Mercedes Camargo
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation
Reiling, Henry B., and Maria Mercedes Camargo. "Meinhard v. Salmon (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Compilation 204-103, December 2003. (Revised July 2005.)
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
looks overwhelmingly like NPEs are just targeting firms that are more likely to pay out” Known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs), the companies in the Baxter Building are located in Marshall for one reason: the federal courthouse next door. There, they bring tons of... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Silhouette v. Hartlauer
Silhouette, an Austrian eyeglass frame manufacturer, sued Hartlauer, an Austrian retail discounter, for reselling Silhouette frames within the European Union (EU) that Hartlauer had purchased outside the EU. Does the EU follow the principle of exhaustion of trademarks? View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Trademarks; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; European Union
Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Silhouette v. Hartlauer." Harvard Business School Case 803-055, September 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
- October 1987 (Revised August 1998)
- Supplement
CVD, Inc. vs. A.S. Markham Corp. (B)
Contains a list of six questions that the jury was required to answer in order to deliver a verdict. View Details
Roberts, Michael J. "CVD, Inc. vs. A.S. Markham Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 388-042, October 1987. (Revised August 1998.)
- 22 Jan 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents After State Street
- November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao and Elizabeth Raabe
In the spring of 1977, Goodyear CEO Charles J. Pilliod Jr. was looking at an internal report on government and legal events relevant to the tire industry. Two items caught his attention. First, he noticed that an industry suit to block the government's proposed system... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Lawsuits and Litigation; Auto Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading." Harvard Business School Case 707-494, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- October 1990 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
CGE vs. Dowpont
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation
Bell, David E. "CGE vs. Dowpont." Harvard Business School Case 191-089, October 1990. (Revised April 1994.)
- 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
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Download This
shared files appear to be individuals who would not have bought the albums that they downloaded.” The study suggests that the music industry’s lawsuits against individuals who make files available for downloading may not have the desired... View Details
- 22 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
Recently, the venerable organization Coca-Cola publicly announced that a project to hire more Black employees that stemmed from the settlement of a 2000 discrimination lawsuit had failed to achieve its objectives. Along with many others,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries