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This report examines changes in the patenting behavior of the software industry since the 1990s. It finds that most software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a net social benefit in the software industry.

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Paper provided by Research on Innovation in its series Working Papers with number 1102.

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Date of creation: 2011
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Handle: RePEc:roi:wpaper:1102

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Keywords: patents; software; software patents; litigation; innovation; startup firms;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

• O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property Rights
• D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
• L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

• NEP-ALL-2011-07-02 (All new papers)
• NEP-INO-2011-07-02 (Innovation)
• NEP-IPR-2011-07-02 (Intellectual Property Rights)
• NEP-TID-2011-07-02 (Technology & Industrial Dynamics)

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