Different protection mechanisms may be employed at the same time for a given innovation when the innovation is comprised of separately protectable components. If patents and trade secrets can be mixed in protecting single innovations, a strengthening in patent breadth may induce a lower level of patenting, as innovators are more prone to rely on secrecy.

Patent-secret mix in complex product firms

OTTOZ, Elisabetta;CUGNO, Franco
2008-01-01

Abstract

Different protection mechanisms may be employed at the same time for a given innovation when the innovation is comprised of separately protectable components. If patents and trade secrets can be mixed in protecting single innovations, a strengthening in patent breadth may induce a lower level of patenting, as innovators are more prone to rely on secrecy.
2008
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http://aler.oxfordjournals.org/
patent; secret
E. OTTOZ; F. CUGNO
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