Katznelson and Howells, 2014

• Ron D. Katznelson and John Howells. 2014. The myth of the early aviation patent hold-up – how a U.S. government monopsony commandeered pioneer airplane patents. SSRN working paper 235573. Final version published in 2015 in Industrial and Corporate Change, 2015, 24:1, 1-64, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtu003 (That journal version was online in March 2014 suggesting little change from the free version at SSRN)

Shows historical evidence that the US government pressured the US airplane makers into the MAA patent pool, with the central effect of lowering the costs for the government which was the main customer for airplanes during WWI. The government threatened to condemn (take) the patent rights, which is why the companies agreed. The authors basically reject the more common hypothesis that the reason for the patent pool was to overcome a company/tech failure associated with patent lawsuits and blockages (hold-up) among the manufacturers.

Original title	The myth of the early aviation patent hold-up – how a U.S. government monopsony commandeered pioneer airplane patents
Simple title	The myth of the early aviation patent hold-up – how a U.S. government monopsony commandeered pioneer airplane patents
Authors	Ron D. Katznelson, John Howells
Date	2014
Countries	US
Languages	en
Keywords	MAA, patent pools, NACA
Journal	SSRN, Industrial and Corporate Change
Related to aircraft?	1
Page count	44
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