TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lerner,Josh
AU  - Tabakovic,Haris
AU  - Tirole,Jean
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Patent Disclosures and Standard-Setting
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - October 2016; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - A key role of standard setting organizations (SSOs) is to aggregate information on relevant intellectual property (IP) claims before deciding on a standard. This article explores the firms' strategies in response to IP disclosure requirements--in particular, the choice between specific and generic disclosures of IP--and the optimal response by SSOs, including the royalty rate setting. We show that firms with a stronger downstream presence are more likely to opt for a generic disclosure, as are those with lower quality patents. We empirically examine patent disclosures made to seven large SSOs, and find results consistent with theoretical predictions
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w22768
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w22768
ER  -