Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80720 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 13-061
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Trademarks are often supposed to reduce substitutability and imitability of product innovations. Using German CIS data for 2010, we provide empirical evidence that trademarking firms assess easy product substitutability as less characteristic for their competitive environment. This is particularly the case for knowledge-intensive service providers, product innovators and firms which consider trademarks as important intellectual property rights. This suggests that trademarks are an important supplementary mechanism to protect innovations in knowledgeintensive services.
Subjects: 
Trademarks
product differentiation
innovation
services
JEL: 
O32
O34
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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