Patent failure : how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk / James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer.
| Author/creator | Bessen, James, 1958- |
| Other author | Meurer, Michael James. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The argument in brief -- Why property rights work, how property rights fail -- If you can't tell the boundaries, then it ain't property -- Survey of empirical research: do patents perform like property? -- What are U.S. patents worth to their owners? -- The cost of disputes -- How important is the failure of patent notice? -- Small inventors -- Abstract patents and software -- Making patents work as property -- Reforms to improve notice -- A glance forward. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-314) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007048854 |
| ISBN | 9780691134918 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 069113491X (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | KF 3114 .B47 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |