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dc.contributor.authorBeschorner, Patrick Frank Ernsten
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-12T07:19:33Z-
dc.date.available2009-08-12T07:19:33Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/27580-
dc.description.abstractThe 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
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x08-098en
dc.subject.jelL1en
dc.subject.jelL2en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.jelK2en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpatent thicketen
dc.subject.keywordproduct cyclesen
dc.subject.keywordlicensingen
dc.subject.keywordnetwork effectsen
dc.subject.stwPatenten
dc.subject.stwInnovationswettbewerben
dc.subject.stwGefangenendilemmaen
dc.subject.stwNetwork Externalitiesen
dc.subject.stwLizenzvergabeen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleDo Shorter Product Cycles Induce Patent Thickets?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn588030155en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:7472en

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