Navigating the Patent Thicket¶
Shapiro, C. (2001). Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting. Innovation Policy and the Economy, 1, 119-150.
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Primes¶
- Anti-Commons Tragedy
- The intervention the structure points to is Aggregation: merge the \(n\) slices into one decision (a patent pool prices the bundle as a monopolist-of-complements would), which restores the clearing price and the foregone use.
This sourceConnects the patent thicket to Cournot complements and analyzes patent pools and FRAND/standard-essential-patent licensing as aggregation remedies (MPEG, DVD, cellular standards).
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Shapiro supplies the patent-thicket complements frame (overlapping rights held by multiple patentees) and names patent pools and cross licenses as the remedies; the text obtained does not state the complements-monopolist pricing result.
“In several key industries, including semiconductors, biotechnology, computer software, and the Internet, our patent system is creating a patent thicket: an overlapping set of patent rights requiring that those seeking to commercialize new technology obtain licenses from multiple patentees.”
- The intervention the structure points to is Aggregation: merge the \(n\) slices into one decision (a patent pool prices the bundle as a monopolist-of-complements would), which restores the clearing price and the foregone use.
Mechanisms¶
- Patent or IP Filing
- Rights are only as good as your will and budget to enforce them, and filing into a crowded field can entangle you in a patent thicket of overlapping claims that raises everyone's litigation risk.
This sourceExplains that overlapping patent rights can require innovators to obtain licenses from multiple owners.
- Rights are only as good as your will and budget to enforce them, and filing into a crowded field can entangle you in a patent thicket of overlapping claims that raises everyone's litigation risk.
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