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      The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling

      By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers
      The last decade has seen a sharp rise in patent litigation in the U.S., with 2015 having one of the highest patent lawsuit counts on record. In theory, this could be a consequence of growth in the commercialization of technology and innovation—patent lawsuits increase...  View Details
      Keywords: Patent Aggregators; Patent Litigation; Patent Pools; Patent Trolls; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States
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      Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling." Science 352, no. 6285 (April 29, 2016): 521–522. (Explanatory Video.)
      • March 2011
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      To Join or Not to Join: Examining Patent Pool Participation and Rent Sharing Rules

      By: Josh Lerner and Anne Layne-Farrar
      In recognition that participation in modern patent pools is voluntary, we present empirical evidence on participation rates and the factors that drive the decision to join a pool, including the profit sharing rules adopted by the pool's founders. In most participation...  View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Alliances; Vertical Integration; Standards
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      Lerner, Josh, and Anne Layne-Farrar. "To Join or Not to Join: Examining Patent Pool Participation and Rent Sharing Rules." International Journal of Industrial Organization 29, no. 2 (March 2011): 294–303.
      • fall 2007
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      The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules

      By: Josh Lerner, Marcin Strojwas and Jean Tirole
      Patent pools are an important but little-studied economic institution. In this paper, we first make a set of predictions about the licensing terms associated with patent pools. The theoretical framework predicts that (a) pools consisting of complementary patents are...  View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Rights
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      Lerner, Josh, Marcin Strojwas, and Jean Tirole. "The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules." RAND Journal of Economics 38, no. 3 (fall 2007): 610–625. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 9680.)
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      Public Policy Towards Patent Pools

      By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
      Keywords: Policy; Patents
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Public Policy Towards Patent Pools." Innovation Policy and the Economy 8 (2007): 157–186.
      • November 2006
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      Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations

      By: Juan Alcacer and Michelle Gittelman
      Analysis of patent citations is a core methodology in the study of knowledge diffusion. However, citations made by patent examiners have not been separately reported, adding unknown noise to the data. We leverage a recent change in the reporting of patent data showing...  View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Knowledge Sharing; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Information Technology; Prejudice and Bias; Change
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Michelle Gittelman. "Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 4 (November 2006): 774–779.
      • June 2004
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      Efficient Patent Pools

      By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
      Keywords: Patents
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Efficient Patent Pools." American Economic Review 94, no. 3 (June 2004): 697–711. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 9175.)
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