Patent failure : how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk /
Bessen, James,1958-
Meurer, Michael James.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-314) and index.
The argument in brief -- Why property rights work, how property rights fail -- If you can't tell the boundaries, then it ain't property -- Survey of empirical research: do patents perform like property? -- What are U.S. patents worth to their owners? -- The cost of disputes -- How important is the failure of patent notice? -- Small inventors -- Abstract patents and software -- Making patents work as property -- Reforms to improve notice -- A glance forward.
Patent laws and legislation