diverse grounds in different countries, and there is no consistency in different patent laws in terms of patentability for … specific therapy. This particular field brings along the gene related patent applications. In recent years, ethical sides …, policy considerations on patent applications in gene sequences, and gene related diagnostic and treatment methods led to many …

. In 2002, Germany transferred patent rights from faculty members to their universities. To identify the effect on the …

traditional property theory is determinative in patent law. Early American courts secured to patentees the same conveyance rights … creation of lesser estates or restrictive covenants for real property. In sum, early American courts incorporated into patent … concepts of "assignments" and "licenses." Given widespread confusion today concerning patent conveyance doctrines, this chapter …

effects on markets and innovation. I propose several administrative and legislative measures directed toward the elimination … markets and innovation, such measures merit serious consideration by the USPTO and Congress …

patentability in the field of pharmaceutical inventions. To this end, the contribution adopts an anecdotal approach: instead of … abstractly analyzing the boundaries set by Article 27 TRIPS, it takes up specific questions related to patentability raised … from patent protection (iii) new forms of known substances when they do not show an improvement in known efficacy and (iv …

There is no global patent that will secure protection for an invention globally, and as the title of the book Global … limited ability to enforce their patents across national borders. While national patent systems have undergone significant … internationalization in the past 140 years, and international treaties and agreements among national patent offices have been designed to …

of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … Moment estimator. We show that knowledge transfer through patent duplication increases with the level of IPR protection, but … more sensitive to uncertainty. Commitment to EPs also increases the incentives for patent duplication. The magnitude of the …