Social structures and venue shopping in patent infringement litigation

Maxim Sytch, Yong H. Kim

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Abstract

We explore how organizations exercise a significant degree of agency when interacting with the law. Using data on patent infringement litigation, we investigate how social structures among corporate plaintiffs' lawyers and federal judges enable plaintiffs to choose a favorable legal venue to initiate legal proceedings and gain legal advantage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1652-1657
Number of pages6
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016 - Anaheim, United States
Duration: 5 Aug 20169 Aug 2016

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