Patent protection and threat of litigation in oligopoly
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- Carlo Capuano & Iacopo Grassi & Riccardo Martina, 2019. "Patent Protection and Threat of Litigation in Oligopoly," CSEF Working Papers 537, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
- Carlo Capuano & Iacopo Grassi, 2018. "Patent Protection and Threat of Litigation in Oligopoly," EERI Research Paper Series EERI RP 2018/03, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels.
- Capuano, Carlo & Grassi, Iacopo, 2018. "Patent Protection and Threat of Litigation in Oligopoly," EconStor Preprints 175243, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
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Keywords
Patents; Patent portfolio; Litigation; Collusion; Foreclosing; Entry game;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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