Category: Research

Growth of Firms under Injunction Risk

By Fred Bereskin, Po-Hsuan Hsu, and Huijun Wang

The use of an injunction during a patent dispute is one of the most valuable remedies available to plaintiffs, as alleged infringers are prohibited to make, use, or sell the item that infringes the covered patent. Injunctions were frequently awarded from the 1990s until 2006, alongside increased patent litigation.

Do Patent Assets have a Second Life When Startups Fail? An Analysis of the Redeployment Likelihood and Mode of Transfer

By Carlos J. Serrano and Rosemarie H. Ziedonis

Venture capital-backed startups are fertile sources of patented inventions, yet they often go out of business. Ewens & Farre-Mensa (2022) report that up to 40 percent of startups that received VC financing between 1992 and 2009 shut down and were terminated at a loss.

Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?

By Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and James Bessen

The extent to which geographic distance is a barrier to technological knowledge transfer is of interest to governments of countries distant from centers of knowledge creation or technology production; to entrepreneurs deciding where to locate a new firm that will need to remain abreast of technological developments; and to national or local policy-makers seeking to influence the decisions of such entrepreneurs.