Determinants of quadic patenting: Market access, imitative threat, competition and strength of intellectual property rights
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Article history: Received 10 September 2012 Received in revised form 19 March 2013 Accepted 5 April 2013 Available online xxxx This paper analyzes firms' decisions to seek intellectual property rights in global markets, particularly in China.We introduce the notion of a ‘quadic patent,’ defined as a patent family that consists of patent applications filed at the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the national patent office of a fourth country. We examine the determinants of quadic patenting at the industry level for China, and at the country level for a sample of 38 countries. Our results indicate that quadic patenting is driven by the need to access markets, respond to imitative threats, and compete in product markets. © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: O31 O34
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