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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-08-12T07:19:33Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-08-12T07:19:33Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2008 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27580 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | The traditional argument that shorter product cycles favor trade secret over patenting is reviewed. A game theoretic model provides an argument that shorter product cycles can induce firms to file more patent applications. The firms may be trapped in a prisoners' dilemma where all firms would jointly prefer to patent less and to not have a patent thicket. If firms start applying for patents on technologies which are not yet mature in order to cover ideas that may eventually turn successful, this may create a patent thicket. The transition into a situation where firms start patenting many ideas instead of single mature technologies is initiated and accelerated when network effects are present or patents exhibit a blocking property. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Mannheim | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | ZEW Discussion Papers 08-098 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L1 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L2 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | K2 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | patent thicket | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | product cycles | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | licensing | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | network effects | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Patent | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Innovationswettbewerb | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Gefangenendilemma | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Network Externalities | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lizenzvergabe | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Do Shorter Product Cycles Induce Patent Thickets? | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 588030155 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
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