Social and Technological Efficiency of Patent Systems

Murat Yildizoglu and Thomas Vallee

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Abstract: This article develops an evolutionary model of industry dynamics in order to carry out a richer theoretical analysis of the consequences of a stronger patent system. The first results obtained in our article are rather consistent with the anti-patent arguments and they do not favour the case for a stronger patent system: higher social welfare and technical progress are observed in our model in industries with milder patent systems (lower patent height and patent life).

Keywords: Innovation; technical progress; patent system; Intellectual property rights; technology policy; Progrès technique; Système de brevet; Droits de propriété intellectuelle; Politique technologique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-11
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Published in Cahiers du GRES, 2004, 11, pp.2-18

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