The economics of the European patent system : IP policy for innovation and competition / Dominique Guellec and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de le Potterie.

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 o...

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Main Author: Guellec, Dominique
Other Authors: Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno van
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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