The economics of the European patent system : IP policy for innovation and competition

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.
Subjects:
Europäisches Patentamt
Europäisches Patentübereinkommen > 1973 Oktober 5
Patents > Economic aspects > Europe.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Europe.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.
Droit des brevets.
Brevet européen.
Aspects économiques.
Office européen des brevets.
Economie de la connaissance.
Propriété intellectuelle.
Innovations technologiques.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects
Patents > Economic aspects
Europäisches Patent
Patent
Wirtschaft
Octrooien.
Patentsystem.
Europa.
Patent systems.
Europe.
brevet d'invention > Europe > études diverses.
Patenträtt > Europa.
Patents > economic aspects > Europe.
Europe
Europäische Union.
Europa (geografie)
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
ISBN:9780191537691
0191537691
0199216983
019929206X
9780199216987
9780199292066
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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