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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483800503321

Autore

Krauspenhaar Daniel

Titolo

Liability Rules in Patent Law : A Legal and Economic Analysis / / by Daniel Krauspenhaar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-642-40900-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition, , 2199-7470 ; ; 1

Disciplina

330

340

343099

Soggetti

Information technology - Law and legislation

Mass media - Law and legislation

Law and economics

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

Law and Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introductory Remarks -- Overuse of Exclusivity in Patent Law -- Private Liability Rule Regimes -- Compulsory Liability Rule and Liability Rule by Default Regimes -- Overall View and Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give up their right to exclude others and receive only a certain amount of remuneration with, for instance, compulsory licensing. Other economically interesting patent-law objectives, however, include the transfer and dissemination of knowledge. Mechanisms exist by which the patent owner decides if he or she would prefer exclusive or non-exclusive rights, for instance theĀ  opportunity to declare the willingness to license and create patent pools. But it is questionable whether these mechanisms are sufficient and efficient enough in view of the existence of patent trolls and other problems.



This work challenges the conventional wisdom to a certain extent and makes proposals for improvements.