Defensive Disclosure under Antitrust Enforcement

Bhaskarabhatla, Ajay; Pennings, Enrico

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2154558

SSRN Journal

2012

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2154558

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Defensive Disclosure under Antitrust Enforcement

Ajay Bhaskarabhatla

Enrico Pennings

Abstract: Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in… Show more

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A change in U.S. patent law in the early 1980s increased the value of patents, particularly for firms in the electronics and semiconductors industry, yet many of the industry's leading firms did not embrace patenting after the change. We show through an in-depth study of International Business Machines (IBM), the world's largest patentee, that the company's practices during much of the 1980s discouraged patenting. IBM adopted pro-patent management practices in 1989 after the installation of a new research and development head and in the face of faltering financial performance. IBM's increased patenting and licensing activities improved its financial bottom lines but curtailed its industry-wide knowledge spillovers. These causes and consequences of pro-patent practices are visible in several other large U.S. corporations. Thus, in the context of the "patent explosion" of the 1980s, we show that intraorganizational forces such as inertia, financial pressures, and new leadership shaped established firms' uptake of pro-patent management practices and their success. Our findings also suggest that pro-patent practices associated with "open innovation" may stem the free flow of knowledge across organizational boundaries.

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Defensive Disclosure under Antitrust Enforcement

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An Organizational Perspective on Patenting and Open Innovation

An Organizational Perspective on Patenting and Open Innovation

Does Management of Intellectual Property Matter?

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