Reconceiving Patents in the Age of Venture Capital
17 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2015
Date Written: 1999
Abstract
The case for patent enforcement driving innovation is far from clear. But patents may serve myriad other purposes besides excluding competitors. We should focus more of our attention on how patents are used outside traditional litigation and licensing.
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Lemley, Mark A., Reconceiving Patents in the Age of Venture Capital (1999). Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2635229. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2635229 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2635229
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