Technology innovators are faced with the question of whether to license an innovation to other firms, and if so, what type of license it should use. This question takes on paramount importance with information technology innovations that lead to new products and services that exhibit network effects. This paper explores the impact of network effects on the licensing choice. The literature sugge...

A paramount question faced by technology innovators is whether to license an innovation to other firms, and if so, what type of license it should use. Information technology innovations often have the unique feature of leading to new products and services that exhibit network effects. This paper addresses the question whether the presence of network effects changes an innovator’ licensing choic...

This paper analyzes price competition between a spatially differentiated product patentee and an imitator anticipating the possibility of future patent damages. We compare the performance of three damage regimes. The “reasonable royalty” regime, the only one that yields symmetric equilibrium pricing, maximizes static welfare and yields the highest incentives to innovate when patent enforcement ...

This paper analyzes how an inventor should …x the licensing terms to license a standard in complying with a non-discrimination requirement. Using a model incorporating imperfect competition between a …nite number of users and product di¤erentiation, we compare three di¤erent regimes: …xed fee (also known as royalty free), per unit royalty and two-part tari¤. We highlight the di¤erent e¤ects of ...

The role of psychotic disorders in attacks on British Royalty is examined. In the 23 attacks, there was evidence of psychotic illness at the time in 11 (48%) cases, with evidence of mental disorder in 4 additional ones. These data almost certainly underestimate the contribution of major mental disorder, as psychiatric evaluations were not available on several attackers. Psychotic states do not,...

Current cataloging guidelines for creating name authority records (NARs) royalty and nobility assume that an individual’s claim to a royal title is clear unambiguous. In the case of historical rebels, usurpers, eccentrics who titles themselves, however, are not so clear. When we attempt describe people places from disputed past, actively enter into their struggles power, but rules documents lik...

in order to comparison and determination of the best drought tolerance indices in sweet corn hybrids, an experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design in split plot lay out with three replications at seed and plant improvement institute in karaj in 2006. three irrigation levels (irrigation after 75 as control, 100 and 125 millimeters cumulative evaporation from class a evapo...