Patent pools and innovation in substitute technologies-evidence from the 19th-century sewing machine industry

被引：28

作者：

Lampe, Ryan ^{[1
]}

Moser, Petra ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Calif State Univ, East Bay, CA USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[3] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 44卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

PRICE-COMPETITION; INVENTION;

D O I：

10.1111/1756-2171.12035

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Patent pools, which combine complementary patents of competing firms, are expected to increase overall welfare but potentially discourage innovation in substitutes for the pool technology. This article exploits a new historical data set on changes in patenting and firm entry for a clearly defined pool technology and substitutes in the 19th-century sewing machine industry. This analysis reveals a substantial increase in innovation for an-albeit technologically inferior-substitute technology. Historical evidence suggests that the creation of a pool-diverted innovation toward an inferior substitute technology by creating differential license fees and litigation risks.

引用

页码：757 / 778

页数：22