Among the pieces featured in this month’s IP Literature Watch are a paper examining the relation between patent thickets and acquisitions; an article analyzing technology investment and adoption by a product developer who faces uncertainty over whether any existing patent covers a new technology; a study considering whether and how executives’ legal expertise impacts corporate innovation; a paper investigating how court invalidations affect the decision to renew the citing patents; an article examining the effect of social policies on corporate innovation using India’s mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regulation; a study delving into the technologies composing blockchain and designating its most significant practical applications to date; an article exploring developments in U.S. copyright law in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal; and a chapter describing a qualitative study of designers and design practice.
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