?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F100%2F&rft.title=Technology+Adoption+and+Fuzzy+Patent+Rights&rft.creator=Chiou%2C+Jing-Yuan&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=K+Law+(General)&rft.description=This+paper+considers+why+a+patentee+may+have+little+incentives+to+reduce+the+uncertainty%0D%0Aof+patent+boundary.+Clearer+patent+rights%2C+i.e.%2C+when+patent+examination+results%0D%0Abetter+predict+subsequent+court+decisions%2C+provide+better+guidance+to+technologyspecific%0D%0Ainvestment+and+encourage+technology+adoption.+Undermild+conditions%2C+however%2C%0D%0Athe+patentee%E2%80%99s+post-adoption+payoff+decreases+in+clarity.+The+patentee+prefers+to%0D%0Amaintain+%E2%80%9Cfuzzy%E2%80%9D+patent+rights+in+order+to+monopolize+the+use+of+the+technology%2C+or%0D%0Awhen+promoting+technology+adoption+is+not+a+strong+concern.+The+latter+happens%0D%0Awhen+the+patentee%2C+as+a+pure+licensor%2C+has+a+low+(ex+ante)+quality+invention.%0D%0A&rft.date=2010-12&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F100%2F1%2Fchiou2010b.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chiou%2C+Jing-Yuan++Technology+Adoption+and+Fuzzy+Patent+Rights.++Working+Paper+++++++(Unpublished)+++