five factors describe the phenomena largely responsible for the current mass extinction event, and patent law offers … valuable assistance in combating each one. Though it cannot offer a complete solution to the biodiversity crisis, the patent … system can offer powerful tools to help save biodiversity. On first inspection, patent law might appear an unlikely ally for …

an innovation rewarding institution. According to our analysis, pharma patents have constituted legal barriers to protect … witnessed by the fact that patent applications are very skewed in the covered trade names and patent thickness expands over time … pharmaceutical firms, between patent portfolio and profit margins. …

make expenditure, the recipient of the private monopoly patent tax is free to make whatever use of it is deemed appropriate …Tracing back to the Venetian patent law of the 1400s the motivation underlying the grant of the patent was to encourage … society. A patent generally gives its owner the right to prevent third parties from exploiting that same invention or creation …

This working paper provides a statistical analysis of 74 patent families which cover subject matter relevant to ten … based on VaxPaL, a COVID-19 vaccines patent database developed by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP). Through the detailed … examination of patent applicants, filing dates, and offices of first and subsequent filing, the paper identifies patterns and …

De facto one of the indisputable shortage of patent laws proves the circumstance, that these have been made without … patentable to the statutory provisions of such laws. Honestly, majority large patent systems - USA, Germany, United Kingdom, etc … and retrograde comprehension in lawmaking - continuous uncertainty, reliability and instability of the patent laws, as …

Concerns have been raised that the upsurge of 3D printing technology would disrupt the patent system. The central … us to rethink patent law. The paper splits up this question by looking at two facets in more depth – patentability and …/consumers). The paper concludes that the wide uptake of 3D printing does not fundamentally challenge the premises of patent law. 3D …

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 …

The major focus of this paper is introducing an objectives clause in patent statutes. Such proposals have been made in … Australia as it is clear from case law that judges need better direction as to the goals of the patent system. An advisory group …, composed largely of patent system beneficiaries, has put forward a very poor, self-serving proposal. This paper identifies the …

then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and … between IP, innovation, access, and public health between stakeholders with divergent interests. This working paper provides … an overview of the patent landscape of medical treatments and technologies related to COVID-19, and of the patent status …

the user in the assessment of the subject matter covered by the patent claims and in creating a comprehensive overview of … the patent situation within this field. These tools have been used in a pilot study on 11 selected hereditary disorders …