FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Six Reasons to Pay Attention to the Patent System -- 3 Seven Criteria for Evaluating the Patent System -- 4 Seven Recommendations for a 21st-Century Patent System -- References -- Acronyms -- Law Cases Cited...

In recent years, patent protection has extended into new areas, giving rise to serious concern about the lack of clear guidelines for patentability. We analyze the effect of introducing a patent opposition process that would allow patent validity to be challenged directly after a patent is...