1st Edition

Patent Policy Legal-Economic Effects in a National and International Framework

By Pia Weiss Copyright 2010
256 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Intellectual property rights have become increasingly important for our modern economies in recent years. Although the entire patent system has a profound effect on the decision of firms of whether to conduct research and at which volume, patent law is the heart of the entire patent system. Therefore, this book focuses on the economic effects of certain provisions in patent law by using economic... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Development of Patent Systems and Philosophical Foundations  3. An Introduction to Patent Law and Policy Instruments  4. Statistical Facts and Empirical Evidence  5. The Optimal Patent Term  6. Patent Scope  7. Patent Breadth  8. The Non-Obviousness Standard  9. New Patentable Subject Matters  10. Different Non-Obviousness Standards

Biography

Pia Weiss is currently a Lecturer in Industrial Organization at the Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham UK.