Abstract
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the link between patent damage awards and patent quality, based on information from suits filed during the period 2008–2013 in France. Our results show that civil damage awards attributed by French judges are significantly linked to patent quality, as assessed from a statistical point of view, but this link is imperfect.
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Note
This research has been conducted as part of the project Labex MME-DII (ANR11-LBX-0023-01).
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Foreword to the special issue on Economic Analysis of Litigation
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