The Effects of Strengthening Patent Rights on Firms Engaged in Cumulative Innovation: Insights from the Semiconductor Industry by
msra(2001)
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During the 1980s, changes in the US legal environment ushered in an era characterizedby strong patent rights. This paper examines the effects of this "pro-patent" shift onfirms in the semiconductor industry. By conducting interviews with industryrepresentatives and analyzing the patenting behavior of 95 US semiconductor firmsduring 1979-1995, we find that the strengthening of US patent rights spawned "patentportfolio races" among capital-intensive firms, but also may have facilitated entry ...
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public policies,innovation process
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