incentive in driving innovation and prosperity. A review of patent box regimes around the world is provided, with summaries of …Innovation is widely recognized as the key to sustainable economic growth. Because people and projects are mobile in …. Research and development incentives are therefore very important, and patent box regimes are becoming more and more popular …

States and throughout the world. The refusal of the United States to negotiate over IP thus harms its own economic interests …-sector innovation …

Europe#s innovation potential is currently dominated by well-established large companies. In most member countries the … be the driving force behind radical innovation which will be a source of employment and growth in future. In addition … regard to the contribution of SMEs and young firms to innovation. The central question of the paper is whether SMEs and young …

, is their call for a more responsible behaviour of patent owners in the exercise of their patent rights. In light of the … the current patent system, there is a need to reconceptualize patent rights, all the more so in the life sciences area. A … patent can no longer be viewed as a title giving (almost) complete freedom to exclude others from use, but rather as a …