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Do Patents Perform Like Property?


Michael J. Meurer


Boston University - School of Law

James E. Bessen


Boston University - School of Law; Research on Innovation

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.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 31

Keywords: patent, property rights, research and development

JEL Classification: O31, O34, K41

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Date posted: March 7, 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 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1103143

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Michael J. Meurer (Contact Author)
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James E. Bessen
Boston University - School of Law ( email )
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