ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT SYSTEM: IP POLICY FOR INNOVATION AND COMPETITION.
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: OXFORD
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 250
Description: 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.