Patent-secret mix in complex product firms

Franco Cugno () and Elisabetta Ottoz

Department of Economics Working Papers from University of Turin

Abstract: Different protection mechanisms may be employed at the same time for a given innovation when the innovation is comprised of separately protectable components. If patents and trade secrets can be mixed in protecting single innovations, a trengthening in patent breadth may induce a lower level of patenting, as innovators are more prone to rely on secrecy.

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Date: Written 2007-10
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