As patent licensing has become the prime driver of technology trade, understanding the rationales behind a properly-defined payment structure of the agreements is essential. Specifically, among the other remuneration components, upfront fees are critical in license negotiations since they imply a significant initial investment y the licensee and represent a source of liquidity for the licensor. We investigate how contractual flexibility, market uncertainty and technical uncertainty shape pfront fees from the licensee’s perspective. Upfront fees are shown to be positively associated with contractual flexibility and market uncertainty, while technical ncertainty is positively associated with upfront fees only if the license warrants contractual flexibility to the licensee. Licensees therefore do not necessarily see ncertainty as a negative attribute of a patent license, but rather as a potential value, above all if in presence of contractual flexibility.

How much are flexibility and uncertainty worth in patent licensing? / Leone, Maria Isabella; Oriani, Raffaele; Reichstein, Toke. - In: ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE. - ISSN 0391-2078. - 42:4(2015), pp. 371-394. [10.1007/s40812-015-0020-7]

How much are flexibility and uncertainty worth in patent licensing?

LEONE, MARIA ISABELLA;ORIANI, RAFFAELE;
2015

Abstract

As patent licensing has become the prime driver of technology trade, understanding the rationales behind a properly-defined payment structure of the agreements is essential. Specifically, among the other remuneration components, upfront fees are critical in license negotiations since they imply a significant initial investment y the licensee and represent a source of liquidity for the licensor. We investigate how contractual flexibility, market uncertainty and technical uncertainty shape pfront fees from the licensee’s perspective. Upfront fees are shown to be positively associated with contractual flexibility and market uncertainty, while technical ncertainty is positively associated with upfront fees only if the license warrants contractual flexibility to the licensee. Licensees therefore do not necessarily see ncertainty as a negative attribute of a patent license, but rather as a potential value, above all if in presence of contractual flexibility.
2015
How much are flexibility and uncertainty worth in patent licensing? / Leone, Maria Isabella; Oriani, Raffaele; Reichstein, Toke. - In: ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE. - ISSN 0391-2078. - 42:4(2015), pp. 371-394. [10.1007/s40812-015-0020-7]
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