This on-going project explores how much market protection patents provide. This is being tested in a randomized control trial, where a partner company is abandoning or maintaining patent protection based on whether that patent is in the treatment or control group. We are then analyzing market outcomes for the related products.
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Reference
Thompson, N., Khairullina, A., Tucci C. (forthcoming). 'How Patents Shape Product Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial'. Ongoing research.