Hi, Ryan:
I’ve been following this topic for a while. Here are some selected references from a literature review for a project that never got off the ground. Let me know if any of them look interesting, and I might be able to dig up the papers. Hope this helps!
Bessen, J. (2004). Holdup and licensing of cumulative innovations with private information. In Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2003.08.004
Boldrin, M., & Levine, D. K. (2002). The case against intellectual property. In Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282802320189267
Bound, J., Cummins, C., Griliches, Z., Hall, B. H., & Jaffe, A. (1982). What does R&D and who patents? In NBER Working Paper Series (Working Paper No. 908). https://doi.org/10.3386/w0908
Érdi, P., Makovi, K., Somogyvári, Z., Strandburg, K., Tobochnik, J., & Zalányi, L. (2013). Prediction of Emerging Technologies Based on Analysis of the U.S. Patent Citation Network Department of Biophysics. Scientometrics, 95(1), 225–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0796-4
Eurequa, D. E., Guellec, D., & Martinez, C. (2003). The economics of patents: from natural rights to policy instruments. Working Paper.
Frank, S. J. (2009). The Death of Business-Method Patents: From now on, you can get a U.S. patent only on a mousetrap–not on the idea of catching mice.
Grabowski, H. (2002). Patents and New Product Development. Working Paper.
Grabowski, H. (2002). Patents, Innovation, and Access to New Pharmaceuticals. Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415324.004
Hall, B. H., Graham, S., Harhoff, D., & Mowery, D. C. (2003). Prospects for Improving U.S. Patent Quality via Postgrant Opposition. In Innovation Policy and the Economy (Vol. 4). https://doi.org/10.3386/w9731
Hall, B. H., & Ziedonis, R. H. (2007). An Empirical Analysis of Patent Litigation in the Semiconductor Industry. American Economic Association Annual Meeting, (January). Chicago.
Hall, B. H., Thoma, G., & Torrisi, S. (2007). The Market Value of Patents and R&D: Evidence From European Firms. In NBER Working Paper Series (Working Paper 13426). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2007.26530853
Hall, B. H., & Lerner, J. (2010). The financing of R&D and innovation. In Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (Vol. 1, pp. 609–639). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(10)01014-2
Hall, B. H., Helmersy, C., Rogersz, M., & Sena, V. (2013). The importance (or not) of patents to UK firms. Oxford Economic Papers, 65(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpt012
Hall, B. H., Helmers, C., & von Graevenitz, G. (2015). Technology Entry in the Presence of Patent Thickets. NBER Working Paper 21455. https://doi.org/10.3386/w21455
Janis, M. D. . (2002). Patent Abolitionism. Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415324.004
Kanwar, S., & Evenson, R. E. (2001). Does Intellectual Property Protection Spur Technological Change? (Discussion Paper No. 831). New Haven.
Kemmerer, J. E., & Lu, J. (2012). Profitability and royalty rates across industries : some preliminary evidence.
Litan, R., & Singer, H. (n.d.). Unlocking Patents: Costs of Failure, Benefits of Success.
Miller, S. P., & Tabarrok, A. (2014). Ill-conceived, even if competently administered: Software patents, litigation, and innovation-A comment on Graham and Vishnubhakat. Econ Journal Watch, 11(1), 37–45.
Pakes, A., & Griliches, Z. (1980). Patents and R&D at the Firm Level: A First Look (Working Paper No. 561).
Sampat, B., & Williams, H. L. (2015). How do patents affect follow-on innovation? Evidence from the human Genome. Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-014-0173-7.2
Tabarrok, A. (2002). Patent Theory versus Patent Law. Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 1(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0645.1039