Here are some interesting articles on patents I have found: "Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive Rights" http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/20

Here are some interesting articles on patents I have found: "Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive Rights" http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf "Removing the Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition" http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html "What's Wrong With Royalty Rates in High Technology Industries?" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 "A Stitch in Time: The Rise and Fall of the Sewing Machine Patent Thicket" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 "Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, 1550-1800" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925