Dominique Guellec and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de le Potterie.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
pt. 1. Economics of patents -- Historical insights -- Patents as an incentive to innovate -- Patent as market instrument -- Patent design -- pt. 2. European patent system -- Patenting procedures and filing strategies at the EPO -- Hot 'patent' issues: quantitative evidence -- The European patent system at the crossroad.
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Why does society allow private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? This book addresses these questions and analyses the economics behind the European patent system. It examines the economic effects of patenting on innovation and the diffusion of technology and growth.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Economics of the European patent system.
019929206X
Europäisches Patentamt
Europäisches Patentübereinkommen, 1973 Oktober 5