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 InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-314) and index.
LCCN 2007048854
ISBN9780691134918 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN069113491X (hardcover : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks KF 3114 .B47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold