A Patent System for the 21st Century - Softcover

Committee On Intellectual Property Rights In The Knowledge-Based Economy; National Research Council; Board On Science Technology And Economic Policy; Policy And Global Affairs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309089107 ISBN 13: 9780309089104

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2004

Synopsis

The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of some research from patent infringement liability.

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Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers, Editors, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309089107
• ISBN 13: 9780309089104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188
• Editor: Merrill Stephen A., Myers Mark B., Levin Richard C.