Strong Patenting, Weak R
Almeida, Alexandre / Teixeira, Aurora / Santos, Cristina
This study contributes to the addressing of the Patent-R&, D relationship from a new perspective, analyzing a crucial yet ignored question: Can more patents have a negative effect on R&, D investment? Offering an extensive synthesizes of existing theoretical and empirical literature, we focus on the arguments that might sustain a negative impact of patents over R&, D. The Patent system seems to have created an incentive to massive pat...