Title :
The determinants of valuable patents
Author :
Ke-Chiun Chang ; Juan Hao ; Chihchang Chen ; Chien-Chung Yuan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Patent litigation has become an important strategic instrument through which firms exercise their patent rights, reflecting competition and conflicts between R&D contenders. A patent more likely to be litigated can be considered as a more valuable patent. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to investigate the patents that Non-Practicing Entities would be interested in, the characteristics of patents that they would consider valuable, and the difference between patents under litigation or not.
Keywords :
patents; R and D contenders; nonpracticing entities; patent characteristics; patent litigation; patent rights; research and development; valuable patents determination; Companies; Economics; Licenses; Patents; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), 2014 Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kanazawa
