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· It is conventionally believed that the formation of patent pool and technology standard mitigates the problem of patent thickets, and therefore reduces patent disputes among industrial players. Our empirical analysis of the ongoing patent dispute landscape of the LED industry seems to suggest otherwise. The formation of patent pool (e.g., LED licensing program) and standard (e.g., LED consortium)...