This chapter summarizes the basic characteristics of patent data as an innovation indicator and reviews some of the … recent research using patent data, focusing on major developments since Griliches in 1990 [Griliches, Z. (1990). “Patent … availability of patent data on an increasingly global scale and the accompanying global spread of research using patent data. The …

This report provides the first edition of a European patent indicator for access to genetic resources and benefit … (Report EEA/BSS/08/012). The patent indicator identifies biodiversity and traditional knowledge within the international … patent system using the International Patent Classification and text mining. Statistics on patent trends are provided for …

Can U.S. patent law help American businesses compete in global markets? In early 2011, President Barack Obama argued … that, to obtain economic prosperity, the United States must “out-innovate . . . the rest of the world,” and that patent … U.S. patent law in more than half a century, contending that the changes will “give American inventors and innovators …

India's amendment to her patent regime in 2005 to introduce pharmaceutical product patents attracted unprecedented … away their exclusive rights, civil society activists decried the new product patent regime, fearing that it would cause … steep hikes in the price of life saving drugs. This politicization of patent law produced some interesting results; most …

. The licenses may be issued under certain conditions, even if the patent holder (innovator) has an exclusive right to the … paper details the first attempt by the Indian patent system to strike a balance between the innovator's legal and economic … related to this case. An assessment of the compulsory licensing provisions under the TRIPS agreement and the Indian Patent Act …

terms of the CBD and the rules governing the international patent system has been debated since the conclusion of … patent system with a view to making a recommendation regarding whether a multilaterally agreed mandatory requirement for … disclosure of the source and origin of genetic resources in patent applications would aid in achieving greater complementarity …

The patent industries have discovered the global marketplace. While the practice of patented technologies is now … international, patent rights remain territorial. Various international developments facilitate the acquisition of patent rights …

all cases the lab is required to take the responsibility for any patent infringement liability. No lab would willfully … interpretation of patent infringements by US courts, aggressive patenting strategies of MNCs, globalisation of operations by Indian …

.” Where a patent applicant promises a certain utility to their invention, their application must demonstrate or soundly …