Patent Policy and Innovation

Hazel V.J. Moir

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Abstract: This empirical study uses a scientifically selected sample of patents to assess patent quality. The careful evaluation of the assumptions in alternative economic theories about the generation and diffusion of new knowledge demonstrates that the height of the inventive step is critical to effective and efficient patent policy.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 9780857932785
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-12

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Ch 2 The economics of patent policy: assumptions, paradoxes and evidence , pp 13-36

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Ch 3 Who determines patent policy: judges, lobbyists or legislatures? , pp 37-61

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Ch 4 In the national interest: defining patentable inventions , pp 62-85

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Ch 5 Finding and avoiding existing knowledge , pp 86-116

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Ch 6 Combining known elements , pp 117-134

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Ch 7 The quantum of inventiveness: other approaches and rules , pp 135-165

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Ch 8 Rebalancing the patent system , pp 166-176

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