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Informationen zum Autor Peter Drahos is a Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network in the Australian National University and holds a Chair in Intellectual Property at Queen Mary, London University. Klappentext Peter Drahos argues that patent offices serve multinational elites and undermine public rights under the patent social contract. Zusammenfassung Patent offices around the world have granted millions of patents to multinational companies. Based on a study of 45 rich and poor countries that takes in the world's largest and smallest offices! the book is for those interested in intellectual property! patent reform! globalisation! governance! development! international relations and economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Patent offices and the global governance of knowledge; 2. Labyrinths and catacombs: patent office procedure; 3. The rise of patent offices; 4. The sun and its planets - the European Patent Office and National Offices; 5. The USPTO and JPO; 6. The age of trilaterals and the spirit of co-operation; 7. The jewel in the crown - India's Patent Office; 8. The dragon and the tiger: China and South Korea; 9. Joining the patent office conga line: Brazil; 10. Islands and regions in the patent stream; 11. Reclaiming the patent social contract; 12. Patent administration sovereignty - nodal solutions for small countries, developing countries.
