incentive or disclosure, patenting may help to secure knowledge against loss or dissipation. However, considerable technical … attendant constellation of tacit knowledge regarding the interpretation and application of the information in the patent. The … through the patent system also provides important stability to attendant tacit knowledge. Patent doctrines regarding prior art …

determining patentable subject matter under the American Patent Act, is used as a starting point for a brief review of historical …, philosophical, and cultural influences on subject matter questions in both patent and copyright law. The article suggests that … patent and copyright law jurisprudence was constructed initially by the Court with explicit attention to the relationship …