Patents, Innovation and Economic Performance [electronic resource]: OECD Conference Proceedings /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
OECD Conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Innovation and Economic Performance(2003 :Paris, France)
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Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
OECD Conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Innovation and Economic Performance
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2004.
This publication presents a collection of the policy-oriented empirical studies and stakeholders' views designed to show how patent regimes can contribute more efficiently to innovation and economic performance.  Topics covered include the links between patents and economic performance, changes in patent regimes, patents and entrepreneurship, patents and diffusion of technology, IPR for software and technology, and current and future policy challenges.  
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Includes bibliographical references.
Comments on Patents, Entrepreneurship and Technology Diffusion -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Technology Licensing -- Through the Lens of Intangibles -- International Patenting and the European Patent Office -- Japan's Patent System and Business Innovation -- Intellectual Property in Services -- The Use of Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks in Software -- Scope and Nature of the Patent Surge -- Understanding Business Patenting and Licensing -- The Software Patent Experiment -- Recent Changes and Expected Developments in Patent Regimes -- Overview of Recent Changes and Comparison of Patent Regimes in the United States, Japan and Europe -- Enabling Innovation, Encouraging Investment -- Conference Agenda -- A Multilateral View of Change in the Patent System -- Why are Software Patents So Trivial? -- Intellectual Property Strategy in Japan -- Improving Patent Quality -- How Do Third-Party Patents Foster Innovation? -- The Role of IPR for the Software Industry -- Patents and the Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries -- The Patent System: Current and Future Policy Challenges: a View from the European Patent Office -- The Patent System: Current and Future Policy Challenges: a View from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This publication presents a collection of the policy-oriented empirical studies and stakeholders' views designed to show how patent regimes can contribute more efficiently to innovation and economic performance.  Topics covered include the links between patents and economic performance, changes in patent regimes, patents and entrepreneurship, patents and diffusion of technology, IPR for software and technology, and current and future policy challenges.  
Patents
Intellectual property (International law)
Diffusion of innovations