Patents in the knowledge-based economy
By: Wesley M. Cohen and Stephen A. Merrill, editors.
Contributors: Merrill, Stephen A.; Cockburn, Iain M.; Kortum, Samuel.; Stern, Scott.; King, John L.; Graham, Stuart J. H.; Hall, Bronwyn.; Harhoff, Dietmar.; Mowery, David C.; Levin, Jonathan.; Levin, Richard.; Langouw, Jean O.; Schankerman, Mark.; Ziedonis, Rosemarie Ham.; Allison, John R.; Tiller, Emerson H.; Walsh, John P.; Arora, Ashish.; National Academies Press.; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy. Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: United States. -- Patent and Trademark Office; Patents -- United States; Diffusion of innovation -- United States; Patents -- United States -- 20th Century -- History; Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Semiconductor industry -- Technological innovations -- United States; Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States; Industrial management -- United States -- Patents; Technological innovations -- United States -- Patents; Technology transfer -- United States
Other titles: Are all patent examiners equal? Examiners, patent characteristics, and litigation outcomes.; Patent examination procedures and patent quality.; Patent quality control: a comparison of U.S. patent re-examinations and European patent oppositions.; Benefits and costs of an opposition process.; Enforcement of patent rights in the United States.; Patent litigation in the U.S. semiconductor industry.; Intellectual property protection in the U.S. software industry.; Internet business model patents.; Effects of research tool parents and licensing on biomedical innovation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Wesley M. Cohen and Stephen A. Merrill. - Patent quality / Are all patent examiners equal? Examiners, patent characteristics, and litigation outcomes. Iain M. Cockburn, Samuel Kortum, and Scott Stern. - Patent examination procedures and patent quality. John L. King. - Patent quality control: a comparison of U.S. patent re-examinations and European patent oppositions. Stuart J. H. graham, Bronwyn H. Hall, Dietmar Harhoff, and David C. Mowery. - Benefits and costs of an opposition process. Jonathan Levin and Richard Levin. - Patent litigation / Enforcement of patent rights in the United States. Jean O. Langouw and Mark Shankerman. - Patent litigation in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis. - Patents in software and biotechnology / Intellectual property protection in the U.S. software industry. Stuart J. H. Graham and David C. Mowery. - Internet business model patents. John R. Allison and Emerson H. Tiller. - Effects of research tool parents and licensing on biomedical innovation. John P. Walsh, Ashish Arora, and Wesley M. Cohen.