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ALL TIME HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of IRPN: Innovation & Patent Law & Policy (Sub-Topic)

January 2, 1997 to May 18, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 3451 High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey
Stuart J. H. Graham, Stuart J. H. Graham, Robert P. Merges, Pamela Samuelson, Ted M. Sichelman,
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Office of Chief Economist, United States Patent and Trademark Office, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of San Diego - School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 4, 2009
Last Revised: March 28, 2013
2 3425 The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
James E. Bessen, James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, Jennifer Laurissa Ford,
Boston University - School of Law, Research on Innovation, Boston University - School of Law, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: September 19, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
3 3301 The Myth of the Sole Inventor
Mark A. Lemley,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: June 2, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
4 3051 The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes
James E. Bessen, James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer,
Research on Innovation, Boston University - School of Law, Boston University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: June 25, 2012
Last Revised: June 28, 2012
5 2927 A Generation of Software Patents
James E. Bessen, James E. Bessen,
Boston University - School of Law, Research on Innovation,
Date posted to database: June 21, 2011
Last Revised: June 10, 2012
6 2721 How Are Patent Cases Resolved? An Empirical Examination of the Adjudication and Settlement of Patent Disputes
Jay P. Kesan, Gwendolyn G. Ball,
University of Illinois College of Law , Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois,
Date posted to database: September 30, 2005
Last Revised: March 12, 2013
7 2715 Patent Troll Myths
Michael Risch,
Villanova University School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 28, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
8 2579 The Myth of the Patent Troll: An Alternative View of the Function of Patent Dealers in an Idea Economy
James F. McDonough,
Fish & Richardson P.C.,
Date posted to database: January 30, 2007
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
9 2424 The Rise and Fall of the First American Patent Thicket: The Sewing Machine War of the 1850s
Adam Mossoff,
George Mason University - School of Law, Faculty,
Date posted to database: March 6, 2009
Last Revised: June 10, 2012
10 2301 Priority Among Competing Patent Applicants Under the American Invents Act
Donald S. Chisum,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: December 8, 2011
Last Revised: March 11, 2013

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of IRPN: Innovation & Patent Law & Policy (Sub-Topic)

March 19, 2013 to May 18, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 347 Patent Trolls by the Numbers
Colleen V. Chien,
Santa Clara University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 13, 2013
Last Revised: April 26, 2013
2 131 Beyond the Patents-Prizes Debate
Daniel Jacob Hemel, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette,
Yale University - Law School, Yale Law School Information Society Project,
Date posted to database: April 7, 2013
Last Revised: April 17, 2013
3 101 Swiss Patent Jurisprudence 2012
Cyrill P. Rigamonti,
University of Bern,
Date posted to database: April 24, 2013
Last Revised: April 24, 2013
4 65 Expanding Patent Law's Customer Suit Exception
Brian J. Love, James C. Yoon,
Santa Clara University School of Law, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Date posted to database: March 16, 2013
Last Revised: March 28, 2013
5 64 Standardization Agreements, Intellectual Property Rights and Anti-Competitive Concerns
Enrico Bonadio, Enrico Bonadio,
City University London - The City Law School, City University London,
Date posted to database: March 24, 2013
Last Revised: March 24, 2013
6 55 Reining in Remedies in Patent Litigation: Three (Increasingly Immodest) Proposals
Thomas F. Cotter,
University of Minnesota Law School,
Date posted to database: March 22, 2013
Last Revised: April 19, 2013
7 55 Dissenting State Patent Regimes
Camilla Alexandra Hrdy,
Yale Law School Information Society Project,
Date posted to database: May 3, 2013
Last Revised: May 3, 2013
8 49 Evaluating Flexibility in International Patent Law
Sarah Rajec,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: April 11, 2013
Last Revised: April 30, 2013
9 45 Intellectual Property Rights in Competition Law: Compulsory License Issues in Developing Countries
Marie D. Mesidor,
National Institute of Industrial Property,
Date posted to database: March 26, 2013
Last Revised: May 18, 2013
10 44 Innovation and its Discontents
Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner,
Brandeis University, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit,
Date posted to database: January 23, 2013
Last Revised: April 22, 2013



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