On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope
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The economic significance of a patent depends on its scope: the broader the scope, the larger the number of competing products and processes that will infringe the patent. Many theoretical papers have tried to assess the effects of fine tuning various aspects of the patent system to make it more efficient.1 But only a few have focussed on patent scope, 2 even though scope decisions are subject to far more discre-