calibrate incentives and allocate fairly the rewards of initial innovation and follow-on improvements. Second, courts and patent …The law of innovation balances private returns on investment against benefits to the public. Increasing intellectual … public both directly and in terms of reduced access. During the COVID-19 pandemic, aggressive patent assertion may be a …

This paper examines the role of patent policy in the open economy. It begins by considering how the presence of patents … affects trade in patentable products. A brief review of the general argument for patent protection is followed by … consideration of the elements that comprise a patent system, and which determine "patent strength". Attention is then given to how …

ignore the fact that the DVD technology is protected with patents. More than 850 patents owned by some 10 patent holders … around the world, such as Philips, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, etc. In order to be on ‘the safe side’, you will have to negotiate … individual licenses with all those 10 patent holders in order to use these technologies. It goes without saying that doing so …

The patent industries have discovered the global marketplace. While the practice of patented technologies is now … international, patent rights remain territorial. Various international developments facilitate the acquisition of patent rights … around the world. However, dispute resolution (including enforcement) remains a difficult problem. This Chapter begins by …

strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A … counterfactual welfare analysis suggests that the increase in patent flows from North to South has benefited both regions, with South … gaining more than North post-2000, thus lowering real income inequality in the world. …