Economic Analyses of the European Patent System

• Main Author: Wagner, Stefan M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : DUV, 2006.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Economics.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Economics, general.

The European Patent System is facing major challenges resulting from an extension of patentable subject matter leading to an increasing number of patent applications. The European Patent Office has responded with admirable flexibility, but continuing technological change and greater importance ascri...

Table of Contents:

• Modeling Probabilities of Patent Oppositions in a Bayesian Semiparametric Regression Framework
• The Duration of Patent Examination at the European Patent Office
• Business Method Patents in Europe and their Strategic Use — Evidence from Franking Device Manufacturers
• An Empirical Analysis of Make-or-Buy Decisions in Patenting.