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Do Patents Perform Like Property?

Michael J. Meurer
Boston University - School of Law

James E. Bessen
Research on Innovation; Boston University - School of Law

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 08-08

Abstract:
Do patents provide critical incentives to encourage investment in innovation? Or, instead, do patents impose legal risks and burdens on innovators that discourage innovation, as some critics now claim? This paper reviews empirical economic evidence on how well patents perform as a property system.

Keywords: patent, property rights, research and development

JEL Classifications: O31, O34, K41

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Date posted: March 07, 2008 ; Last revised: April 16, 2008

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Meurer, Michael J. and Bessen, James E., Do Patents Perform Like Property?. Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 08-08. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1103143

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Michael J. Meurer (Contact Author) Boston University - School of Law ( email ) 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 United States 617-353-6292 (Phone) 617-353-3077 (Fax)
James E. Bessen Research on Innovation ( email ) 202 High Head Rd. Harpswell, ME 04079 United States 617-531-2092 (Phone)
Boston University - School of Law ( email ) 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 United States

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