This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the burgeoning literature on the law and
economics of intellectual property. It is organized around the two principal objectives of …

In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the
media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it …

Economists often assume that a patent gives its owner a well-defined legal right to exclude
others from practicing the invention described in the patent. In practice, however, the rights …

Patents. Inventors. To most, these words conjure a vision of the solitary genius, the heroic
individual-Edison, Bell, Morse-working late into the evening in a garage to perfect a device …

A CCORDING to the dominant American theory of intellectual prop-erty, copyright and patent
laws are premised on providing creators with just enough incentive to create artistic …

One of the oddest things about the United States patent system is that it is impossible for the
US Patent and Trademark Office (" PTO") to ever finally reject a patent application. While …

In the first attempt to fully explore the controversial issues associated with the commercial
application of nanotechnology, you'll find a thorough analysis of intellectual property and …

We explore lessons for patent policy that can be learned from empirical research on patent
litigation. After presenting some salient facts about patent litigation, we turn first to analysis of …

Intellectual Ventures is a private company that sees invention as a full-time activity.'Instead
of engaging in traditional product development, Intellectual Ventures produces" pure …

The metaphor of the patent bargain-that a patent represents the grant of the right of
exclusivity in exchange for the disclosure of a novel invention-is generally accepted in the …