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Liability Rules in Patent Law - A Legal and Economic Analysis

English · Hardback

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The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give up their right to exclude others and receive only a certain amount of remuneration with, for instance, compulsory licensing. Other economically interesting patent-law objectives, however, include the transfer and dissemination of knowledge. Mechanisms exist by which the patent owner decides if he or she would prefer exclusive or non-exclusive rights, for instance the opportunity to declare the willingness to license and create patent pools. But it is questionable whether these mechanisms are sufficient and efficient enough in view of the existence of patent trolls and other problems. This work challenges the conventional wisdom to a certain extent and makes proposals for improvements.

List of contents

Introductory Remarks.- Overuse of Exclusivity in Patent Law.- Private Liability Rule Regimes.- Compulsory Liability Rule and Liability Rule by Default Regimes.- Overall View and Conclusion.

Summary

The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give up their right to exclude others and receive only a certain amount of remuneration with, for instance, compulsory licensing. Other economically interesting patent-law objectives, however, include the transfer and dissemination of knowledge. Mechanisms exist by which the patent owner decides if he or she would prefer exclusive or non-exclusive rights, for instance the opportunity to declare the willingness to license and create patent pools. But it is questionable whether these mechanisms are sufficient and efficient enough in view of the existence of patent trolls and other problems. This work challenges the conventional wisdom to a certain extent and makes proposals for improvements.

Product details

Authors Daniel Krauspenhaar
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.11.2014
 
EAN 9783642408991
ISBN 978-3-642-40899-1
No. of pages 233
Dimensions 163 mm x 242 mm x 18 mm
Weight 526 g
Illustrations XIX, 233 p. 10 illus. in color.
Series Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition
Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law

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