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Patent-Secret Mix in Complex Product Firms


Elisabetta Ottoz


University of Turin - Department of Economics

Franco Cugno


University of Turin
spring 2008

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 142-158, 2008

Abstract:     
Different protection mechanisms may be employed at the same time when an innovation is comprised of separately protectable components. If patents and trade secrets can be mixed in protecting single innovations, a strengthening in patent breadth may induce a lower level of patenting, as innovators are more prone to rely on secrecy.

Keywords: K00, L49, O34

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Date posted: June 16, 2008  

Suggested Citation

Ottoz, Elisabetta and Cugno, Franco, Patent-Secret Mix in Complex Product Firms (spring 2008). American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 142-158, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1146000 or http://dx.doi.org/ahn007

Contact Information

Elisabetta Ottoz (Contact Author)
University of Turin - Department of Economics ( email )
Via Po, 53
Torino, 10124
Italy
+390116702739 (Phone)
+390116702762 (Fax)
Franco Cugno
University of Turin ( email )
Via Po 53
Torino, Turin - Piedmont 10100
Italy
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