| Summary: | 博士 === 國立清華大學 === 科技管理研究所 === 103 === Patents are not only to protect firm's freedom of market, but also can serve as a tool for corporate strategy. One of the most intense strategy is patent law suit. However, the patent may be unenforceable if there is no product is included in the patent claims or no possibility of using by others or flaws in the patent application process. Furthermore, how many factors do firm need to care before deploy the patents are very important issue. There are many types of offensive patent which including increase competitor’s R&D cost or R&D degree of difficulty or royalty negotiations or license or cross license or M & A or or patent law suit.
This study explores key factors that affect patent or patent family offensive power and how firms effectively deploy offensive patents to gain competitive advantages and economic benefits. Using patent cases study and regression model, we found that the degree of commercialization, the technical value, and the degree of legal protection for proprietary affect the patent's offensive power. In sum, this study highlights the significance of offensive patents by identifying three key factors of a patent's offensive power and exploring how offensive patents are related to firms' competitive strategy.
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