Research on Patents

Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker, Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases: The Impact of eBay, 38 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 735 (2025)

Jonathan H. Ashtor, Does Patented Information Promote the Progress of Technology?, 113 Nw. U. L. Rev. 943 (2019)

Jonathan H. Ashtor, Opening Pandora’s Box: Analyzing the Complexity of U.S. Patent Litigation, 18 Yale J. L. & Tech. 217 (2016)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Antitrust Mercantilism: The Strategic Devaluation of Intellectual Property Rights in Wireless Markets, 38 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 259 (2024)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Innovators, Firms, and Markets: The Organizational Logic of Intellectual Property (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Antitrust Overreach: Undoing Cooperative Standardization in the Digital Economy (Nov. 2018)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Has the Academy Led Patent Law Astray?, 32 Berk. Tech. L. J. 1313 (2017)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Patent Tigers: The New Geography of Global Innovation, 2 Criterion J. Innovation 429 (2017)

Jonathan M. Barnett, Three Quasi-Fallacies in the Conventional Understanding of Intellectual Property, 12 Journal of Law, Econ. and Pol. 1 (2016).

Jonathan M. Barnett, From Patent Thickets to Patent Networks: The Legal Infrastructure of the Digital Economy, 55 Jurimetrics J. 1 (2014)

Christopher A. Cotropia, Jay P. Kesan & David L. Schwartz, Unpacking Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), 99 Minn. L. Rev. 649 (2014)

Kalyan Dasgupta & David Teece, Protecting Innovation in the Mobile Wireless Ecosystem: Understanding and Addressing “Hold-Out,” 38 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 313 (2024)

Gregory Dolin, Dubious Patent Reform, 56 B.C. L. Rev. 881 (2015)

Richard A. Epstein, Confiscation by Consent: The Warped Economics of Price Regulation for Pharmaceuticals under the Inflation Reduction Act, Texas Rev. L. & Pol. (forthcoming 2025)

Richard A. Epstein, The World-Wide Retreat on Patent Protection of Bayh-Dole March-In Rights and EU Takeovers of Licensing by Government Decree, 38 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 839 (2024) 

Richard A. Epstein, The Supreme Court Tackles Patent Reform: A Series of Articles Examining Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 19 Fed. Soc’y Rev. 88 (2018)

Richard A. Epstein & Kayvan Noroozi, Why Incentives for Patent Hold Out Threaten to Dismantle FRAND and Why It Matters, 32 Berkeley Tech. L. J. (2018),

Joan Farre-Mensa, Deepak Hegde & Alexander Ljungqvist, What Is a Patent Worth? Evidence from the U.S. Patent “Lottery,” 75 J. Finance 639 (2019)  

H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui & Sean Bottomley, The Traditional Burdens for Final Injunctions in Patent Cases c.1789 and Some Modern Implications, 71 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 403 (2020).

H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui, Prospective Compensation in Lieu of a Final Injunction in Patent and Copyright Cases, 78 Fordham L. Rev. 1661 (2009–2010).

Bowman Heiden & Justus Baron, The Economic Impact of Patent Holdout, 38 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 638 (2024).

Bowman Heiden & Matthew Rappaport, How Weak Are Strong Patents?: Patent Holdout and Small(er) Technology Firms, 38 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 349 (2023).

Anne Layne-Farrar, Why Patent Holdout is Not Just a Fancy Name for Plain Old Patent Infringement, CPI North American Column (Feb. 2016)

Anne Layne-Farrar, Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking Theory and Evidence: Where Do We Stand After 15 Years of History?, OECD Intellectual Property and Standard Setting (Nov. 18, 2014).

Anne Layne-Farrar, Moving Past the SEP RAND Obsession: Some Thoughts on the Economic Implications of Unilateral Commitments and the Complexities of Patent Licensing, 21 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1093 (2014).

Alexander Galetovic & Stephen Haber, The Fallacies of Patent Holdup Theory, 13 J. Comp. L. & Econ. 1 (2017)

Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Haber, & Lew Zaretzki, An Estimate of the Average Cumulative Royalty Yield in the World Mobile Phone Industry: Theory, Measurement and Results , 42 Telecomm. Pol’y 263 (2018)

Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Haber, & Ross Levine, An Empirical Examination of Patent Hold Up, 11 J. Comp. L. & Econ. 549 (2015)

Stuart J.H. Graham & Ted Sichelman, Why Do Start-Ups Patent?, 23 Berk. Tech. L. J. 1063 (2008), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1121224

Kirti Gupta, Technology Standards and Competition in the Mobile Wireless Industry, 22 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 865 (2015).

Kirti Gupta & Urska Petrovcic, Evidence of Systematic Patent Holdout, 38 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 575 (2024)

Stephen Haber, Patents and the Wealth of Nations, 23 George Mason L. Rev. 811 (2016)

Christopher M. Holman, The Critical Role of Patents in the Development, Commercialization and Utilization of Innovative Genetic Diagnostic Tests and Personalized Medicine, 21 B.U. J. Sci. & Tech. L. 297 (2015).

Ryan T. Holte, The Misinterpretation of eBay v. MercExchange and Why: An Analysis of the Case History, Precedent, and Parties, 18 Chapman L. Rev. 677 (2015)

Ryan T. Holte, Trolls or Great Inventors: Case Studies of Patent Assertion Entities, 59 St. Louis U. L.J. 1 (2014)

Albert G.Z. Hu & I.P.L. Png, Patent Rights and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Panels of Manufacturing Industries, 65 Oxford Econ. Papers 675 (2013)

B. Zorina Khan, Inventing Ideas: Patents, Prizes, and the Knowledge Economy (Oxford University Press, 2020)

B. Zorina Khan, Trolls and Other Patent Inventions: Economic History and the Patent Controversy in the Twenty-First Century, 21 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 825 (2014),

Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Kenneth L. Sokoloff & Dhanoos Sutthiphisal, Patent Alchemy: The Market for Technology in US History, 87 Bus. Hist. Rev. 3 (Spring 2013) 

F. Scott Kieff, Property Rights and Property Rules for Commercializing Inventions, 85 Minn. L. Rev. 697 (2001)

Erika Lietzan, The “Evergreening” Metaphor in Intellectual Property Scholarship, 53 Akron L. Rev. 805 (2019)

Erika Lietzan, The Drug Innovation Paradox, 83 Missouri L. Rev. 39 (2018)

Erika Lietzan, The History and Political Economy of the Hatch-Waxman Amendments, 49 Seton Hall L. Rev. 53 (2018)

Erika Lietzan & Kristina M.L. Acri née Lybecker, Solutions Still Searching for a Problem: A Call for Relevant Data to Support “Evergreening” Allegations, 33 Fordham Intell. Prop., Media & Ent. L.J. 788 (2023)

Erika Lietzan & Kristina M. Acri née Lybecker, Distorted Drug Patents, 95 Wash. L. Rev. 1317 (2020)

Gerard Llobet & Jorge Padilla, The Optimal Scope of the Royalty Base in Patent Licensing, 59 J. L. & Econ. 45 (2016)

Adam MacLeod, Public Rights After Oil States Energy, 95 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1919 (2019)

Adam MacLeod, Patent Infringement as Trespass, 69 Ala. L. Rev. 723 (2018)

Kevin Madigan & Adam Mossoff, Five Years Later, the U.S. Patent System Is Still Turning Gold to Lead, IPWatchdog (Dec. 15, 2019)

Kevin R. Madigan & Adam Mossoff, Turning Gold to Lead: How Patent Eligibility Doctrine is Undermining U.S. Leadership in Innovation, 24 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 939 (2017)

Keith Mallinson, Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken: The Extraordinary Record of Innovation and Success in the Cellular Industry under Existing Licensing Practices, 23 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 967 (2016)

Keith Mallinson, Theories of Harm with SEP Licensing Do Not Stack Up, IP Fin. Blog (May 24, 2013)

Ronald J. Mann, Do Patents Facilitate Financing in the Software Industry?, 83 Tex. L. Rev. 961 (2005)

Robert P. Merges, American Patent Law: A Business and Economic History (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Emily Michiko Morris, Compulsory Licensing under Activis, 38 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 671 (2025).

Emily Michiko Morris, The Myth of Generic Pharmaceutical Competition Under the Hatch‐Waxman Act, 22 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L. J. 245 (2017)

Emily Michiko Morris, The Many Faces of Bayh-Dole, 54 Duq. L. Rev. 81 (2016)

Adam Mossoff, Injunctions for Patent Infringement: Historical Equity Practice Between 1790–1882, 38 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 923 (2025)

Adam Mossoff, Patent Injunctions and the FRAND Commitment: A Case Study in the ETSI Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 38 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 487 (2024)

Adam Mossoff, The False Promise of Breaking Patents to Lower Drug Prices, 98 St. John’s L. Rev. 287 (2024)

Adam Mossoff, Statutes, Common Law Rights, and the Mistaken Classification of Patents as Public Rights, 104 Iowa L. Rev. 2591 (2019)

Adam Mossoff, Patent Licensing and Secondary Markets in the Nineteenth Century, 22 George Mason Law Review 959 (2015)  

Adam Mossoff, Patents as Constitutional Private Property: The Historical Protection of Patents Under the Takings Clause, 87 B.U. L. Rev. 689 (2007)

Adam Mossoff, Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent “Privilege” in Historical Context, 92 Cornell L. Rev. 953 (2007)

Christopher M. Newman, Patent Infringement as Nuisance, 30 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 75 (2017)

Jorge Padilla & Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Portfolio Licensing to Makers of Downstream End-User Devices: Analyzing Refusals to License FRAND-Assured Standard-Essential Patents at the Component Level, 62 The Antitrust Bulletin 494 (2017)

Michael Risch, (Un)reasonable Royalties, 98 B.U. L. Rev. 187 (2018)

Michael Risch, America’s First Patents, 64 Fla. L. Rev. 1279 (2012)

Michael Risch, Patent Troll Myths, 42 Seton Hall L. Rev. 457 (2012)

Kristen Osenga, “Efficient” Infringement and Other Lies, 52 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1085 (2022)

Kristen Osenga, Ignorance Over Innovation: Why Misunderstanding Standard Setting Operations Will Hinder Technological Progress, 56 U. Louisville L. Rev. 159 (2018)

Kristen Osenga, Sticks and Stones: How the FTC’s Name-Calling Misses the Complexity of Licensing-Based Business Models, 22 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1001 (2015)

Kristen Osenga, Formerly Manufacturing Entities: Piercing the “Patent Troll” Rhetoric, 47 Conn. L. Rev. 435 (2014)

Kristen Osenga & Adam Mossoff, The Use and Abuse of the 'Public Interest' in the ITC and in Article III Courts: Public Interest Comment in 337-ITC-1065 (2018)

Jonathan D. Putnam & Tim A. Williams, The Smallest Salable Patent-Practicing Unit (SSPPU): Theory and Evidence (Sept. 2016) (unpublished manuscript)

David L. Schwartz & Jay P. Kesan, Analyzing the Role of Non-Practicing Entities in the Patent System, 99 Cornell L. Rev. 425 (2014)

Gregory Sidak, What Aggregate Royalty Do Manufacturers of Mobile Phones Pay to License Standard-Essential Patents?, 1 Criterion J. Innovation 701 (2016) 

Gregory Sidak, The Antitrust Division’s Devaluation of Standard-Essential Patents, 104 Geo. L.J. Online 48 (2015)

David J. Teece, Competing Through Innovation: Technology Strategy and Antitrust Policies (Edward Elgar, 2013)

David J. Teece, Edward F. Sherry, & Peter Grindley, Patents and ‘Patent Wars’ in Wireless Communications: An Economic Assessment, 95 Comm. & Strat. 85 (2014)

David J. Teece & Edward F. Sherry, On Patent ‘Monopolies’: An Economic Re-Appraisal, CPI Antitrust Chronicle (Apr. 2017)

Rosemarie H. Ziedonis & Bronwyn H. Hall, The Effects of Strengthening Patent Rights on Firms Engaged in Cumulative Innovation: Insights from the Semiconductor Industry, in Gary D. Libecap (ed.), Entrepreneurial Inputs and Outcomes: New Studies of Entrepreneurship in the United States (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2001)