Innovation without patents
Subtitle: harnessing the creative spirit in a diverse world
By: edited by Uma Suthersanen, Graham Dutfield, and Kit Boey Chow.
Contributors: Suthersanen, Uma.; Dutfield, Graham.; Chow, Kit Boey, 1944-
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781845429591
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation; Technological innovations -- Law and legislation; Intellectual property; Inventions
Description: "This book is concerned with the extent to which innovations should or should not be protected as intellectual property, and the implications this has upon the ability of local manufacturers to learn to innovate. A question the book considers is how far legal protection should extend to inventions that may only just, or indeed not quite, meet the conventional criteria for patentability, in terms of the level of inventiveness. Innovation without Patents offers a thoughtful and empirically rich analysis of the current system in a number of developed and developing countries in the Asia-Pacific. It asks whether such innovations should remain free from patenting, or whether alternative intellectual property regimes should be offered in such cases, and indeed whether the requirements change depending on a country's level of development. This discussion is capped by a number of proposed policy options. The theoretical and practical approaches to intellectual property rights, innovation and development policy formulation make Innovation without Patents accessible to academics, national and regional patent offices, national overseas development agencies, NGOs and patent attorneys"--Jacket.
Notes: "Based on a report commissioned by the Singapore Property Academy".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Innovation and development / Graham Dutfield and Uma suthersanen; title: Innovation and the law of intellectual property / Uma Suthersanen and Graham Dutfield; title: Utility models and other alternatives to patents / Uma Suthersanen and Graham Dutfield; title: Policy considerations for governments / Uma Suthersanen and Graham Dutfield; title: Singapore / Kit Boey Chow, Kah Mun Leo, Susanna Leong; title: Australia / Andrew Christie and Sarah Moritz; title: Japan and South Korea / Graham Dutfield and Uma Suthersanen; title: China and Taiwan / Kit Boey Chow, Kah Mun Leo, Susanna Leong with Jerry Hsiao; title: The ASEAN states / Uma Suthersanen with Lim Heng Gee; title: Utility models in Latin America / Manuel Marquez; title: Conclusions and recommendations / Uma Suthersanen and Graham Dutfield.