This review reorganizes and reconceptualizes extant research on patent strategy, which has
emerged from diverse roots in economics, law, and management. Accordingly, it is …

In this paper, we address the question of 'Why do firms publish scientific papers?'. Research
examining the competitive advantages that firms accrue from investment in R&D has …

Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation. But as the patent system
currently stands, diverse industries from pharmaceuticals to software to semiconductors are …

Patent law is premised on the onward march of science and technology. Patent law
encourages cumulative innovation, both by dangling the patent before the inventor as an …

Organizational theorists have built a deep understanding of the conditions affecting
knowledge sharing. However, for innovation to occur, knowledge must not just be shared …

© 2005 Kimberly A. Moore t Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law. I am
grateful to the George Mason University Law and Economics Center for its continued …

Many believe intellectual property has overreached, and that policymakers must respond. In
this Essay, I argue that the critique may have merit, but private parties are in some cases …

Property rights and contract law are two of our most basic legal categories. Many legal
scholars describe what makes them different; this Article describes how they work together …

The price of prescription drugs lies at the heart of two major public health issues: distributing
antiretroviral medicines for use against the global AIDS epidemic and purchasing …

Research firms disclose a surprisingly large amount of information to the patent office
through “targeted” disclosures, that is, disclosures intended to make the patent office aware …