TY  - GEN
N2  - This report examines changes in the patenting behavior of the software industry since the 1990s. It finds that most software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a net social benefit in the software industry.
AB  - This report examines changes in the patenting behavior of the software industry since the 1990s. It finds that most software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a net social benefit in the software industry.
T1  - A Generation of Software Patents
AU  - Bessen, James E.
LA  - eng
ID  - 42084
KW  - Patents
KW  - Software
KW  - Software patent
KW  - Litigation
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Startup firm
TI  - A Generation of Software Patents
LK  - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1868979
UR  - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1868979
ER  -