Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge

Firms using knowledge for competitive advantage seek to incorporate ideas from public knowledge stream into their private, patented knowledge streams. While management scholarship focuses on improving the link from public to private knowledge streams, policy literature suggests firm patents reduce p...

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Main Authors: HUANG, Kenneth Guang-Lih, MURRAY, Fiona
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-19882010-09-23T06:24:04Z Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge HUANG, Kenneth Guang-Lih MURRAY, Fiona Firms using knowledge for competitive advantage seek to incorporate ideas from public knowledge stream into their private, patented knowledge streams. While management scholarship focuses on improving the link from public to private knowledge streams, policy literature suggests firm patents reduce public knowledge stream. This is particularly salient in genomics where patenting has exploded but its impact on public knowledge remains controversial. Using gene patent-paper pairs, we find patent grant impedes follow-on public knowledge production by 5 to 17%, exacerbated by patent thickets, ownership fragmentation, and commercial relevance. This suggests aggressive patenting strategies diminish the long-run supply of public domain knowledge. 2008-06-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/989 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Technology and Innovation
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HUANG, Kenneth Guang-Lih
MURRAY, Fiona
Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
description Firms using knowledge for competitive advantage seek to incorporate ideas from public knowledge stream into their private, patented knowledge streams. While management scholarship focuses on improving the link from public to private knowledge streams, policy literature suggests firm patents reduce public knowledge stream. This is particularly salient in genomics where patenting has exploded but its impact on public knowledge remains controversial. Using gene patent-paper pairs, we find patent grant impedes follow-on public knowledge production by 5 to 17%, exacerbated by patent thickets, ownership fragmentation, and commercial relevance. This suggests aggressive patenting strategies diminish the long-run supply of public domain knowledge.
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author HUANG, Kenneth Guang-Lih
MURRAY, Fiona
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MURRAY, Fiona
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title Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
title_short Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
title_full Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
title_fullStr Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed Golden Helix or Tangled Web? The Impact of Patent Strategy on the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge
title_sort golden helix or tangled web? the impact of patent strategy on the long-run supply of public knowledge
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2008
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/989
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