Do Patents Perform Like Property?

被引:39
作者
Bessen, James [1 ]
Meurer, Michael J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Boston Univ, Sch Law, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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D O I
10.5465/AMP.2008.34587991
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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.
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