Title: ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT SYSTEM: IP POLICY FOR INNOVATION AND COMPETITION
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.
Subjects: Patents, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Patent systems, Propriete intellectuelle, Etudes diverses, Brevets d'invention, Octrooien, Patent, Wirtschaft, Innovations technologiques, Brevet d'invention, Aspect economique, Brevet europeen, Office europeen des brevets, Europe, Europa, Europaisches Patentubereinkommen, Europaisches Patent, Patentratt, Europaisches Patentamt, Droit des brevets, Innovations, Industrial Technology, Economie de la connaissance, Economic aspects, Patentsystem, Aspects economiques, Law, europe