In the context of the overall purpose of patent policy - to induce invention that would not otherwise occur and which … starts with assessing the evidence for the need for a patent system, considers who are the major beneficiaries of the patent … system and reviews the extent of judicial law-making on patent policy. In Australia the extension of the patent system to …

promote post-grant follow-on innovation and development. The argument rests critically on the assumption that post … relevant technology class, and the breadth of its patent determines how competitive this market can become. Prospect theory …. However, economists have long debated the relationship between competition and innovation. A leading view among contemporary …

, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I …I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is …

a standard-essential patent (SEP) which has given a commitment to license that SEP to any third party on fair …, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, should be able to enforce its patent rights thought the bringing of an … licensee alleged to be infringing the patent. This article analyses the questions that have been put to the Court of Justice …

ensuring that the market can be as competitive as free trading allows. One problem with the patent system is that once a patent … period subsequent to patent issuance and perhaps even for the remainder of a patent's enforcement life.In the past half … extent of ownership and give notice to non-owners. Patent law has become quot;propertyquot; without either. Indeed, many of …

Patent Assertion Entities (“PAEs”) are playing a growing role in the United States, but also in Europe. Their …

appropriate balance between innovation and economic efficiency. Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacent …We examine the intersection of patents and antitrust where a patent holder uses the monopoly power it possesses in the … adjacent market. The present scheme for awarding patents cannot judge when the issuance of a patent will lead to the …

distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

We study the effect of the fragmentation of intellectual property rights on optimal patent design. The major finding is … requirements should be stronger than in the case of stand-alone innovation. This reduces the fragmentation of intellectual property …, which is socially costly. However, to preserve the incentives to innovate, if a patent is granted the strength of protection …

of critical knowledge. Given that a patent specification has to include a clear description of the patented matter so … to patent law. This paper provides a model identifying the incentives for firms to deliberately obscure their inventive … knowledge in a patent specification. …