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patent length-breadth tradeoff: a standalone construct

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Intellectual property law

the design choice between longer and broader patent protection for a given reward to innovators, with narrow but long patents often optimal.

In intellectual property law, patent length-breadth tradeoff refers to the design choice between longer and broader patent protection for a given reward to innovators, with narrow but long patents often optimal. This meaning comes from Gilbert (1990) in The RAND Journal of Economics.[1]

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  1. Gilbert, R., & Shapiro, C. (1990). Optimal Patent Length and Breadth. The RAND Journal of Economics, 21(1), 106. https://doi.org/10.2307/2555497

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