Applying novel datasets, Fabian Gäßler analyzes how key aspects of the current patent system in Europe and Germany, respectively, affect patent enforcement and patent trade. In particular, he shows what factors determine court selection in patent litigation and how the jurisdictional separation of validity and infringement questions favors the patent holder. The author further provides empirical evidence for the market for patents in Europe. The presented findings yield important implications for the ongoing debate on the optimal design of patent systems.

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München, Germany

Fabian Gäßler

About the author

Dr. Fabian Gäßler works as Senior Research Fellow in the Department for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. He completed his dissertation under supervision of Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, PhD.

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Book Title: Enforcing and Trading Patents
Book Subtitle: Evidence for Europe
Authors: Fabian Gäßler
Series Title: Innovation und Entrepreneurship
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13375-7
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-13374-0Published: 27 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-13375-7Published: 18 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2627-1168
Series E-ISSN: 2627-1184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 162
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Law and Economics, R & D/Technology Policy, Innovation/Technology Management

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

What to Buy when Forum Shopping – Determinants of Court Selection in Patent Litigation

Invalid but Infringed? An Analysis of Germany’s Bifurcated Patent Litigation System

The Timing of Patent Transfers in Europe

Summary

Back Matter

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