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From a distinctive sign to an exchangeable asset: exploring the U.S. market for trademark licensing

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  • Edoardo Ferrucci
  • Maria Isabella Leone
  • Manuel Romagnoli
  • Andrea Toros

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A remarkable growth in the value of trademark licencing has been recently recorded. Our paper contributes to the understanding of this under-explored phenomenon using a dataset newly released by the USPTO. Our study analyses the evolution of licencing activities in the U.S. during the 2003–2017 period, the characteristics of these trademarks and agreements, and certain features of the licencing parties involved. We found that licencing activities varied considerably during these years. They were usually signed between two parties only, and, on average, they involved more than one trademark. Excluding under-reporting effect, the analyses reveal that a large portion of heterogeneity in licencing activity is due to the NICE international classes associated with each trademark. Indeed, trademark licencing agreements appear to be unevenly distributed across these classes, suggesting that this activity and the way it is carried out is correlated with the market to which the licenced trademark refers.

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  • Edoardo Ferrucci & Maria Isabella Leone & Manuel Romagnoli & Andrea Toros, 2020. "From a distinctive sign to an exchangeable asset: exploring the U.S. market for trademark licensing," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1-2), pages 25-51, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:27:y:2020:i:1-2:p:25-51
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1661225
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