"If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic … consequences, to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on …>We develop a simulation model based on the Nelson & Winter (1982), part V. This basic model is completed by a patent system that …

the consequences of a stronger patent system. The first results obtained in our article are rather consistent with the … anti-patent arguments and they do not favour the case for a stronger patent system: higher social welfare and technical …

. We use this framework to examine on-going debates regarding the international patent system as embodied in the WTO …

Patents for inventions are at the crossroad of law, technology and economics, with the Patent System resting on two … grant of exclusive Intellectual Property rights. The Patent System is as solid as the assumptions on which it rests, and it … new and ever changing environment that is taking shape. In an attempt to clarify the relationships of the Patent System …