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FRAND Royalties and Patent Padding Analysis by Sniffer 1 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses how private information about the quality of patents can lead firms to "pad" or contribute weak patents when developing technological standards. Three main results are identified: 1) The threat of court disputes reduces incentives to pad patents but also lowers production of strong patents. 2) Mitigating the undesirable effect of fewer strong patents calls for simultaneously increasing the cost of padding through better filtering of patent applications. 3) Upstream firms that on
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- Sniffer 1
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- EN