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Waiting to imitate: on the dynamic pricing of knowledge

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We study the problem of an inventor who brings to the market an innovation that can be legally copied. Imitators may 'enter' the market by copying the innovation at a cost or by buying from the inventor the knowledge necessary to reproduce and use the invention. The possibility of contracting affects the need for patent protection. Our results reveal that: (i) Imitators wait to enter the market and the inventor becomes a temporary monopolist; (ii) The inventor offers contracts which allow resale of the knowledge acquired by the imitators; (iii) As the pool of potential imitators grows large, the inventor may become a permanent monopolist.
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hal-01066198 , version 1 (19-09-2014)

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Emeric Henry, Carlos J. Ponce. Waiting to imitate: on the dynamic pricing of knowledge. 2009. ⟨hal-01066198⟩
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