This issue of IP Literature Watch contains a survey of the effect of patent licensing demands on the economy, the nature and limits of patent licensing demands, and their role (or lack thereof) in driving innovation; a survey of how antitrust policy and precedent interface with the competitive dynamics of biologics; a paper containing large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs); and several papers on patent design including an analysis of various approaches to ameliorating the amplified costs of overlapping regimes for claiming design.
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How compulsory licensing shaped innovation in the Xerox case
In a new article published in the Journal of Industrial Economics, CRA’s Robin Mamrak shows that opening up an incumbent’s patent portfolio can promote...