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Litigate or Let It Go? Multimarket Contact and Ip Infringement Litigation Dynamic
Litigate or Let It Go? Multimarket Contact and Ip Infringement Litigation Dynamic
Author(s)
Diestre, L., Lumineau, F, Durand, R.
In the biopharmaceutical industry, this study (813 patent infringement cases) investigates how multimarket contact (MMC) shapes intellectual property (IP) infringement-litigation dynamics. It finds that increased MMC decreases infringement and raises litigation probabilities for innovators, while imitators experience increased infringement and reduced litigation probabilities.