Innovation Economics Working Papers

2017

The Market for Technology: Harnessing Creative Destruction 
Pere Arqué-Castells, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

The Effect of Technological Change on Firm Survival and Growth - Evidence from Technology Standards
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Licensing Terms of Standard Essential Patents – A Comprehensive Analysis of Cases
Justus Baron, Research Associate, Innovation Economics Project, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Chryssoula Pentheroudakis, IP Research and Consulting
(Nikolaus Thumm (editor), JRC Science for Policy Report, Publications Office of the European Union, January 2017)

 

2016

Patent Licensing and Bargaining with Innovative Complements and Substitutes
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Complementary Monopolies and Bargaining
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Standard Setting Organizations and Standard Essential Patents: Voting and Markets
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

When a Stranger Calls: Standards Outsiders and Unencumbered Patents
Jorge L. Contreras, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

2015

Complementary Monopolies and the Bargaining Problem (updated draft dated June 8, 2016)
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Working Paper, June 2015

The Strategies of Patent Introduction into Patent Pools
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Henry Delcamp, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, forthcoming, 2015

The Effect of Patent Pools on Patenting and Innovation - Evidence from Contemporary Technology Standards
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tim Pohlmann, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Working Paper, February 2015

Unpacking 3GPP Standards
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Kirti Gupta, Qualcomm
Brandon Roberts, Qualcomm
Working Paper April 2015

Technology Standards and Standard Setting Organizations: Introduction to the Searle Center Database
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Working Paper September 2015

Mapping Standards to Patents using Databases of Declared Standard-Essential Patents and Systems of Technological Classification
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tim Pohlmann, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Working Paper April 2015

2014

Standards, Consortia and Innovation,
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Yann Ménière, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Tim Pohlmann, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2014, Vol. 36, pp. 22-35

Prices versus Prizes: Patents, Public Policy, and the Market for Inventions
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Univeristy
Working Paper, August 2014

APPLE JAPAN LLC. Plaintiff, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CORP., Amicus Brief IN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HIGH COURT OF JAPAN
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

How Patents Provide the Foundation of the Market for Inventions
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Working Paper, June 2014

2013

The Patent Policy Debate in the High-Tech World: A Literature Review
Kirti Gupta, Qualcomm
Working Paper, January 2013.

Do NPEs Matter?:  Non-Practicing Entities and Patent Litigation Outcomes
Michael J. Mazzeo, Kellogg School of Management
Jonathan Ashtor, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Samantha Zyontz, Harvard University
Working paper, February 2013.

Essential Patents and Standard Dynamics,
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tim Pohlmann, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology, Chair of Innovation Economics

Working Paper, March 2013.

Technological Standardization, Endogenous Productivity and Transitory Dynamics
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Julie Schmidt, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Working Paper, May 2013

Optimal Agency Contracts for Delegated R&D
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Joaquin Poblete, PUC School of Management
Working Paper, July 2013

Who Cooperates in Standards Consortia – Rivals or Complementors?
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tim Pohlmann, Cerna - MINES ParisTech
Journal of Competition Law and Economics, forthcoming, September 2013

Patents at Issue: The Data Behind the Patent Troll Debate
Michael J. Mazzeo, Kellogg School of Management
Jonathan Ashtor, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Samantha Zyontz, Harvard University
Working paper, October 2013.

2012

Tacit Knowledge with Innovative Entrepreneurship
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 30, Issue 6, November, 2012, pp. 641-653, doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2012.07.004.

The FTC, IP, and SSOs: Government Hold-Up Replacing Private Coordination
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Journal of Competition Law and Economics, March, 2012, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 1-46. doi:10.1093/joclec/nhs002.

Unlocking Technology: Antitrust and Innovation, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Volume 4, Number 4, December, 2008, pp. 915-966, doi:10.1093/joclec/nhn016. 
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Selected as number 4 among the 12 Best Papers on Antitrust & the Digital Economy, The Technology Liberation Front blog, Adam Thierer, September 6, 2012

The Private and Social Value of Patents in Discrete and Cumulative Innovation
Justus Baron, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Henry Delcamp, Cerna - MINES ParisTechScientometrics, Volume 90, Issue 2, pp. 581-606, February 2012