Legal Theory Blog: Contreras on IP Pools
Contreras on IP Pools Jorge L. Contreras (University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law) has posted Intellectual Property Pools and Aggregation (Jorge L. Contreras, Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions: Theory and Practice, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This chapter in the forthcoming case book "Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions: Theory and Practice" covers IP pooling, with an emphasis on patents. It begins with a discussion of the theoretical benefit of pooling, including efficiency gains and the avoidance of blocking positions, thickets and ant...
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