Patent pools and innovation in substitute technologies-evidence from the 19th-century sewing machine industry.
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 po...
| Publicado en: | RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 757 - 779 |
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