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

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

Third Party Studies

Europe

Cutting Back Over-Enforcement – How to Address Abusive Practices Within the EU Enforcement Framework

Non-practicing entities and transparency in patent ownership in Europe

Conference on 22 March 2019 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Injuctive Relief in Patent Remedies and Complex Products: Towards A Global Consensus

Economic Implications of Automatic Injunctions in German Patent Litigation

Wrongful Infringement Proceedings

The Unified Patent Court and Patent Trolls in Europe

German Law on Patent Injunctions: Legal Framework and Recent Developments

Patent Law Injunctions, Kluwer Law International

The good, the bad and the ugly – the future of patent assertion entities in Europe

Patent licensing in the shadow of the Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

The Sound and Fury of Patent Activity

Patent Policy and American Innovation After eBay: An Empirical Examination

Do Patent Assertion Entities Harm Innovation? Evidence from Patent Transfers in Europe

NPE Litigation in the European Union

Is patent enforcement efficient?

Technological Progress: A Challenge for Patent Law? The Principle of Proportionality Applied to Injunctive Relief in Patent Law

Technopolis study on the implementation of the IPR Enforcement Directive (IPRED)

Patent Assertion Entities and Legal Exceptionalism in Europe and the United States, a Comparative View

JRC Science for Policy Report, Patent Assertion Entities in Europe, Their impact on innovation and knowledge in ICT transfers

Patent Assertion Entities and EU Competition Law

Patent Assertion Entities and EU Competition Law

The Effect of Patent Litigation and Patent Assertion Entities on Entrepreneurial Activity

The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes

Patent Demands & Startup Companies: The View from the Venture Capital Community

United States