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Risk that patent buyouts could adversely impact the market
Lee Robinson, Euan Ritchie, and Charles Kenny Aid-Financed Mechanisms for Technology Development CGD Policy Paper 176 June 2020 https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/Aid-financed-Mechanisms-for-Technology-Development.pdf
Buyouts could adversely impact the market. If the bought-out patent is similar to other products still under patent, then those close substitutes would suddenly be competing with low cost products in a competitive market. Anticipating such a situation ahead of any buyout, investors may reduce their focus on these areas.42
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