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
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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.
