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Patent Trolls

Patent Trolls is a non-practicing entity that acquires patents primarily to assert infringement claims against alleged infringers rather than to manufacture products or develop technologies, thereby leveraging the threat of litigation for financial gain.

71

Publications

3.6K

Citations

86

Authors

83

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

Variants

Non-practicing EntitiesNpesPaesPatent Assertion Entities

Parents

Publications

71

The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls

James Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, Jennifer Laurissa Ford · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2011 · 256 citations · Full text

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On sharks, trolls, and their patent prey—Unrealistic damage awards and firms’ strategies of “being infringed”

Markus Reitzig, Joachim Henkel, Christopher Heath · Research Policy · 2006 · 225 citations

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Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms

Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers · Management Science · 2019 · 190 citations

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Patent trolls on markets for technology – An empirical analysis of NPEs’ patent acquisitions

Timo Fischer, Joachim Henkel · Research Policy · 2012 · 149 citations

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The Myth of the Patent Troll: An Alternative View of the Function of Patent Dealers in an Idea Economy

James F. McDonough · 2007 · 140 citations

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Authors

86

  1. MA
    Mark A. Lemley

    Stanford Medicine, United States

    9 publications · 473 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. UG
    Umit G. Gurun

    The University of Texas at Dallas, United States

    5 publications · 481 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. LC
    Lauren Cohen

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    5 publications · 481 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. RF
    Robin Feldman

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    5 publications · 149 citations

    5

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  5. JH
    Joachim Henkel

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    5 publications · 430 citations

    5

    h-index

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Institutions

83

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    970 citations

  2. Stanford Medicine

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    678 citations

  3. Santa Clara University

    Santa Clara, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    479 citations

  4. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    592 citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    287 citations

  6. University of California Hastings College of the Law

    San Francisco, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    182 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    356 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    119 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 23 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. Research Policy

    4 publications · 444 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. Management Science

    2 publications · 219 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Berkeley technology law journal

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Faculty publications

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

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