International patent law
Subtitle: cooperation, harmonization, and an institutional analysis of WIPO and the WTO
By: Alexander Stack
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781849802581
Subjects: International unification; Patents (International law); Law; World Intellectual Property Organization; World Trade Organization
Description: Alexander Stack analyzes international patent law institutions and harmonization from a global welfarist, rationalist perspective. Grounding his analysis in innovation theory and an examination of patent law and prosecution, the author employs tools from new institutional economics to explore when cooperation is welfare-enhancing and the design implications for international institutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.