TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of Quadic Patenting
T2 - Market Access, Imitative Threat, Competition and Strength of Intellectual Property Rights
AU - Huang, C.
AU - Jacob, J.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - This paper analyzes firms' decisions to seek intellectual property rights in global markets, particularly in China. We introduce the notion of a ‘quadic patent,’ defined as a patent family that consists of patent applications filed at the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the national patent office of a fourth country. We examine the determinants of quadic patenting at the industry level for China, and at the country level for a sample of 38 countries. Our results indicate that quadic patenting is driven by the need to access markets, respond to imitative threats, and compete in product markets.
AB - This paper analyzes firms' decisions to seek intellectual property rights in global markets, particularly in China. We introduce the notion of a ‘quadic patent,’ defined as a patent family that consists of patent applications filed at the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the national patent office of a fourth country. We examine the determinants of quadic patenting at the industry level for China, and at the country level for a sample of 38 countries. Our results indicate that quadic patenting is driven by the need to access markets, respond to imitative threats, and compete in product markets.
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-1625
VL - 85
SP - 4
EP - 16
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
ER -