Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
3-2004
Language
en-US
Abstract
Does the disclosure requirement of the patent system encourage the diffusion of inventions? This paper builds a simple model where firms choose between patents and trade secrecy to protect inventions. Diffusion is not necessarily more likely with a patent system nor is the market for technology necessarily greater.
Recommended Citation
James Bessen,
Patents and the Diffusion of Technical Information
(2004).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3168
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