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SUMMARY:Strategic Patenting: Evidence from the U.S. Court of Appeals for t
 he Federal Circui
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Yun Hou & Xi Xiong (National University of Singapore)\nYun Hou
  & Xi Xiong (National University of Singapore)\n"Strategic Patenting: Evid
 ence from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit"\nDiscussant: 
 lberto Galasso (University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management)\n\nAb
 stract\nHow should businesses adjust strategic patenting to changes in pat
 ent law? Theoretically\, if legal protection of patents is stronger\, pate
 nts would be more effective in deterring potential entrants\, and so\, inc
 umbent businesses would reduce patenting. When the Court of Appeals for th
 e Federal Circuit assumed jurisdiction over patent appeals\, it strengthen
 ed the legal protection of patents. Importantly\, the increase varied geog
 raphically by judicial circuit. Exploiting these changes as a natural expe
 riment\, we find that businesses reduced patenting\, the marginal patent w
 as more valuable commercially but not technologically\, and new entry fell
 .\n\nKeywords: Strategic patents\, entry\, patent law\n\nEPFL Virtual Inno
 vation Seminar\nEVIS is a bi-weekly virtual seminar series focusing on Sci
 ence\, Technology and Innovation topics studied through the lens of Econom
 ics\, Entrepreneurship\, Strategy and Finance.\n 
LOCATION:Zoom
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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