China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least …

This paper considers the prospect of a government patent buyout in a model of endogenous growth. To this end, the … shows that in this set-up, patent buyout by the government can lead to higher level of welfare without lowering an economy …

, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I … followed by a review of recent work by myself and co‐authors on regional patent systems, the impact of patents on firm …

researchers and healthcare providers without infringing a gene patent. Many have voiced concern that this perceived thicket of … mentioned in a US patent claim. The myth that 20% of human genes are “patented” has taken root because too many have incorrectly … inferred that the mere “mention” of a gene in a patent claim precludes all uses of the gene. To better understand the actual …

the frontiers of knowledge. It is difficult, however, to obtain a patent for an invention which seems impossible … becomes possible? History reveals that the Patent Office and the courts will continue to deny patents for a long time …, prevents the patent system from sitting at the cutting edge of technology, and frustrates the patent system’s overarching goal …

We offer description and analysis of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey, summarizing the responses of 1,332 U … also discover that, when choosing not to patent major innovations, startups often cite to cost considerations, although … also generally report that checking the patent literature and licensing patents from others is reasonably common, although …

The novelty requirement seeks to ensure that a patent will not issue if the public already possesses the invention … like biotechnology, chemistry, and pharmaceuticals. For example, if a drug company seeks to patent a promising molecule …-be inventor that can thwart innovation and frustrate important objectives of the patent system. To resolve these problems and to …

Many scholars have wrestled with what I call the “first-order question” in patent law: What policies should we adopt to … about promoting innovation? I argue that empirical progress in patent law depends on greater policy diversity (rather than … spillovers from local policies. Instead, patent policymakers should adopt a third way between uniformity and local control …

If a litigated patent has previously been licensed to a third party, the courts generally adopt the terms of the prior … trivialized (and generally false) presumption that a patent license is like a commodity, with the patentee charging a common price … patent holders rationally cut off the bottom segment of the licensing market, creating substantial deadweight loss. This …