Patent-Secret Mix in Complex Product Firms

Elisabetta Ottoz and Cugno Franco ()
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Cugno Franco: University of Turin, http://www.est.unito.it/

Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. 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

Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007-10
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Journal Article: Patent--Secret Mix in Complex Product Firms (2008)
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