Fabricating Invention : The Patent Malfunction of Australian Patent Law

Despite advice to parliament that patents are granted only for "a significant advance over what was known and what was available to the public" the evidence shows this is not the standard used. The actual standard is a scintilla – a marginal difference from what is known. The consequence of such a low standard is that thousands of patents are granted for things that contribute no public benefit. Such trivial patents can impede genuinely inventive companies

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Moir, Hazel V. J.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Patent \| Patentrecht \| Patent law \| Erfindung \| Invention \| Australien \| Australia \| Innovation

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2013 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 7, 2013 erstellt
Classification:	O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues ; O56 - Oceania
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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