When courts started publishing judgements, big data analysis (ie large-scale statistical
analysis of case law and machine learning) within the legal domain became possible. By …

ABSTRACT'Ihe traditional justification for intellectual property (IP) rights has been utilitarian.
We grant exclusive rights because we think the world will be a better place as a result. But …

This study examines the reliability of Altman's Z-score model to predict the financial failure of
the ICT sector in Pakistan. Data for 11 PSE-listed (Pakistan Stock Exchange) ICT companies …

The Supreme Court's 2oo6 decision in eBay v. MercExchange is widely regarded as one of
the most important patent law rulings of the past decade. Historically, patent holders who …

Patents as intangible assets are subjects of burgeoning empirical research. However, there
is limited knowledge of how patent quality and patent value can be conceptualized …

Innovation is central to long-run economic growth. This chapter summarizes the state of the
literature on the economics of innovation, highlighting open policy questions. We first …

Without the confidence that patent rights can be enforced quickly and efficiently, when
needed, the patent system will not stimulate innovation. For this reason, governments …

ARTICLE Page 1 ARTICLE AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PATENT LITIGATION TIMING: COULD
A PATENT TERM REDUCTION DECIMATE TROLLS WITHOUT HARMING INNOVATORS …

We study how the market for innovation affects enforcement of patent rights. We show that
patent transactions arising from comparative advantages in commercialization increase …

We nominally have a unitary patent system. With rare exceptions, the patent statutes don't
treat different technologies or different industries differently. Indeed, by treaty, patents are to …