The network of patents connected by citations is an evolving graph, which provides a
representation of the innovation process. A patent citing another implies that the cited patent …

Technology development is a blend of inheritance and innovation that follows certain rules
along a technology trajectory. This trajectory charts a technology's evolution and is among …

The American legal system is often accused of being" too complex." For example, most
Americans believe the Tax Code is too complex. But what does that mean, and how would …

Patent law is built upon a fundamental premise: only significant inventions receive patent
protection while minor improvements remain in the public domain. This premise is …

While many informal factors influence how people interact, modern societies rely upon law
as a primary mechanism to formally control human behaviour. How legal rules impact …

The patent system seems in the midst of truly dramatic change. The last twenty years have
seen the rise of a new business model-the patent trollthat grew to become a majority of all …

Which individual has the greater lasting impact upon the path of American law: The median
Supreme Court justice or an entrepreneurial law professor at an institution with a high …

The aim of this paper is to propose a new empirical method for identifying technologically
important patents within a patent citation network and to apply it to the telecommunication …

Abstracts By adopting a citation-based recursive ranking method for patents the evolution of
new fields of technology can be traced. Specifically, it is demonstrated that the laser/inkjet …

Die Arbeit wurde im Frühjahrstrimester 2018 von der Bucerius Law School als Dissertation
angenommen; alle Auswertungen sind auf dem Stand von Januar 2018. Ich danke meinem …