Tradable Patent Rights
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 60, Pg. 863, 2007
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-23
Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 350
32 Pages Posted: 10 Oct 2007 Last revised: 25 May 2014
Date Written: 2007
Abstract
Patent thickets may inefficient retard cumulative innovation. This paper explores two alternative mechanisms that may be used to weed out patent thickets. Both mechanisms are intended to reduce the number of patents in our society. The first mechanism we discuss is price based regulation of patents through a system of increasing renewal fees. The second and more innovative mechanism is quantity based regulation through the establishment of a system of Tradable Patent Rights. The formalization of tradable patent rights would essentially create a secondary market for patent permits in which patent protection will be bought and sold.
Keywords: permits, thickets, license fees, licensing, social costs, infringement, renewal fees, tragedy of the commons, enforcement
JEL Classification: D23, K11, O34,
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