Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/105255 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 77
Publisher: 
University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Tübingen
Abstract: 
Technology leaders protecting a technological headstart with a patent are provided with a powerful legal measure to restrict market entry. We analyze the impact of knowledge spillover on the decision to patent and the effect of varying patent breadth on the threat of market entry. An empirical test of our theoretical results suggests that (i) a large technological lead is protected by a patent only in industries with high knowledge spillover, and that (ii) patent breadth can mitigate the market entry threat.
Subjects: 
patenting decision
disclosure requirement
patent breadth
market entry threat
IPC codes
JEL: 
L13
O33
O34
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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