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| Title: | | The propensity to patent in oligopolistic markets  |
| Authors: | | Zaby, Alexandra K. |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Tübinger Diskussionsbeitrag 323 |
| Abstract: | | We analyze the strategic protection decision of an innovator between a patent and secrecy in a setting with horizontally differentiated products. By introducing the patenting decision into the well known circular city model, the impact of the disclosure requirement linked to a patent application as well as the problem of legally inventing around a patent can be taken into account. Asymmetry in the circular market leads to a consumer migration effect. We find that secrecy may be the innovator's profit maximizing strategy whenever the mandatory disclosure of information enhances the market entry of competitors. |
| Subjects: | | patenting decision secrecy disclosure requirement patent breadth horizontal product differentiation circular city |
| JEL: | | L13 L24 O34 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-42006 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, Universität Tübingen
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