Determinants of Opposition Against EPO Patent Grants - The Case of Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
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- Harhoff, Dietmar & Reitzig, Markus, 2004. "Determinants of opposition against EPO patent grants--the case of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 443-480, April.
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Patents; Litigation; Intellectual property rights; European patent office;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
- L00 - Industrial Organization - - General - - - General
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2003-03-14 (Law and Economics)
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