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
ISBN-10
019929206X
ISBN-13
9780199292066
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2007-02
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Authors
Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Dominique Guellec

Description

Why does society allow, or even encourage, private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? These questions and many more are addressed by two eminent scholars in this groundbreaking analysis of the economic foundations of the European patent system.

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