Third Party Studies
Below are links to recent studies carried out by the European Commission, legal researchers and academics that provide detailed evidence of how PAEs can harm innovation and are increasingly exploiting Europe’s legal system to the detriment of European innovators and Europe’s digital single market ambitions.
Europe
Towards a More Orderly Application of Proportionality to Patent Injunctions in the European Union
International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC)
Author(s)
Rafal Sikorski
Roadblock to Innovation: The Role of Patent Litigation in Corporate R&D
Management Science
Author(s)
Filippo Mezzanotti
Non-practicing entities and transparency of patent ownership in Europe: the case of UK dormant companies
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2021
Author(s)
Valerio Sterzi, Jean-Paul Rameshkoumar, Johannes Van Der Pol
Patent Assertion Entities and Patent Ownership Transparency: Strategic Recording of Patent Transactions at the Uspto
Journal of Competition Law & Economics
Author(s)
Valerio Sterzi
Cutting Back Over-Enforcement – How to Address Abusive Practices Within the EU Enforcement Framework
Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law
Author(s)
Alain Strowel, Amandine Leonard
Non-practicing entities and transparency in patent ownership in Europe
Bordeaux Economics Working Papers
Author(s)
Valerio Sterzi, Jean-Paul Rameshkoumar, Johannes Van Der Mol
Injuctive Relief in Patent Remedies and Complex Products: Towards A Global Consensus
Cambridge University Press
Author(s)
Norman V. Siebrasse, Rafal Sikorski, Jeorge L. Contreras, Thomas F. Cotter, John Golden, Sang Jo Jong, Brian J. Love, and David O. Taylor
Economic Implications of Automatic Injunctions in German Patent Litigation
Copenhagen Economics
Author(s)
Hendrik Fügemann, Claire F. Danielsson, Neil Gallagher
Wrongful Infringement Proceedings
Communication Commerce Electronique
Author(s)
Christophe Caron
The Unified Patent Court and Patent Trolls in Europe
Michigan Technology Law Review
Author(s)
Jonathan I. Tietz
German Law on Patent Injunctions: Legal Framework and Recent Developments
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
Author(s)
Peter Georg Pitch
Patent Law Injunctions, Kluwer Law International
Kluwer Law International
Author(s)
Rafal Sikorki
The good, the bad and the ugly – the future of patent assertion entities in Europe
Journal of Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
Author(s)
Nikolaus Thumm
Patent licensing in the shadow of the Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
Author(s)
Roya Ghafele, Charles Dennery
Do Patent Assertion Entities Harm Innovation? Evidence from Patent Transfers in Europe
GREThA
Author(s)
Gianluca Orsattati, Valerio Sterzi
Technological Progress: A Challenge for Patent Law? The Principle of Proportionality Applied to Injunctive Relief in Patent Law
Author(s)
Christian Osterrieth
Technopolis study on the implementation of the IPR Enforcement Directive (IPRED)
Author(s)
Patent Assertion Entities and Legal Exceptionalism in Europe and the United States, a Comparative View
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition
Author(s)
Jorge L. Contreras
JRC Science for Policy Report, Patent Assertion Entities in Europe, Their impact on innovation and knowledge in ICT transfers
Author(s)
Patent Assertion Entities and EU Competition Law
George Mason Law & Economics
Author(s)
Damien Geradin
Patent Assertion Entities and EU Competition Law
Santa Clara University School of Law
Author(s)
Brian J. Love, Christian Helmers, Fabian Gaessler and Max Ernicke
United States
Patent Demands & Startup Companies: The View from the Venture Capital Community
UC Hastings Research
Author(s)
Robin Feldman
The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes
Cornell Law Review
Author(s)
James Bessan, Michael Meurer
The Effect of Patent Litigation and Patent Assertion Entities on Entrepreneurial Activity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Author(s)
Catherine E. Tucker
Is patent enforcement efficient?
Boston Law University Review
Author(s)
Mark A. Lemley, Robin Feldman
Patent Policy and American Innovation After eBay: An Empirical Examination
Author(s)
Filippo Mezzanotti, Timothy Simcoe
The Sound and Fury of Patent Activity
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper
Author(s)
Robin Feldman, Mark A. Lemley
Conference on 22 March 2019 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Intellectual Property Journal
Author(s)
Franz Hofmann et al.