Download This PaperReconceiving Patents in the Age of Venture Capital
Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2635229
4 Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law 137 (2000)
17 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2015 Last revised: 22 May 2020
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, 4 Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law 137 (2000), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2635229 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2635229
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