Sharing Patents with Competitors May Encourage Innovation

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 12:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Firms that make a previously patented innovation accessible to competitors increase overall likelihood of improving upon that breakthrough while also raising profits for the original innovator and market welfare, according to a study by a University at Buffalo economist.

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