Article Title
Patents as Incomplete Contracts: Aligning Incentives for R&D Investment with Incentives to Disclose Prior Art
Publication Title
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
Abstract
In this Article we propose that viewing patents as incomplete contracts is a useful means to analyze the relationship between legal institutions of patent enforcement and investment in R&D.
Recommended Citation
Jay P. Kesan and Marc Banik,
Patents as Incomplete Contracts: Aligning Incentives for R&D Investment with Incentives to Disclose Prior Art,
2
Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y
023
(2000),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol2/iss1/3