We argued in our article, Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking, that the threat to obtain a permanent injunction can greatly enhance a patent holder’s negotiating power, leading to royalty rates that exceed a benchmark level based on the value of the patented technology and the strength of the patent. Our analysis showed that such problems are especially likely to arise for patents covering a min...

objective: as domestic violence becomes increasingly recognized a widespread social problem, judicial system has begun playing larger roles in providing legal protection to these victims. one way they are doing this in the united states is through the use of protective restraining orders or injunctions. the purpose of this research was to determine if permanent injunctions for protection provid...