Arbeitspapier
The strategic use of fuzziness in patent specifications
Innovators seek to protect their intellectual assets by patenting them, at the same time trying to avoid any disclosure of critical knowledge. Given that a patent specification has to include a clear description of the patented matter so that anybody skilled in the art is enabled to reproduce the invention, the non-disclosure intention seems contradictory to patent law. This paper provides a model identifying the incentives for firms to deliberately obscure their inventive knowledge in a patent specification.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 13-043
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
Firm Behavior: Theory
- Thema
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patent specification
disclosure requirement
strategic firm behavior
fuzzy patents
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Zaby, Alexandra K.
Heger, Diana
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2013
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-343241
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Zaby, Alexandra K.
- Heger, Diana
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2013
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