. Illustrative is the barrier against access to essential medicines caused by pharmaceutical patent protection under the WTO regime …

innovation with timely generic market entry. An examination of the inefficiencies created by the Canadian regulations reveals … action that evaluates patent validity. An economic incentive to challenge weak patents should also be introduced in Canada …

Patent protection for sev ... …

standard. We develop a simple model of the disclosure process to illustrate the link between SSO rules and patent …

As a framework regulation for innovation markets, the patent system needs to be tailored to the innovation process … efficient functionality of the patent system as an innovation policy tool, patent rights ought to be defined, justified and … adopt a patent system that best suits their technological capabilities as well as their social, cultural and economic needs …

welfare, when the effects on public health are taken into account. In particular, we study how the new international patent … and Lai (2004) on optimal patent protection, this paper examines the externality execrated by the intellectual property …

experimentation for activities that generate small positive externalities. Authorization regulation should be lenient whenever it is … used, consistent with the organization of regulation in a number of areas ranging from product safety to antitrust … regulation …

revenues and promote innovation by charging different patent “prices” for inventions in different industries. Such pricing …Patents are limited-term monopolies awarded to inventors to incentivize innovation. But there is another monopoly that … has been largely overlooked at the heart of patent law: the monopoly of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) over …