PATENT POLICY AND INNOVATION Do legal Rules Deliver Effective Economic Outcomes?
'This book presents a compelling attack on the patent system. Thoughtfully analyzing the existing empirical literature and providing her own painstaking study of business method patents, Hazel Moir explains how it is that. . . patents have spread geographically and technologically, with increas...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, UK
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
2013
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Add Tag | Summary: | 'This book presents a compelling attack on the patent system. Thoughtfully analyzing the existing empirical literature and providing her own painstaking study of business method patents, Hazel Moir explains how it is that. . . patents have spread geographically and technologically, with increasingly broad rights becoming ever-easier to obtain. Bravely and persuasively, she recommends policymakers tackle one of the most vexing issues in patent law: the quantum of new knowledge that ought to be required to make an invention worthy of protection.' |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 238 pages 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780857932785 |
Patent policy legal-economic effects in a national and international framework