Patents law

This book reflects on the development of Nigeria's intellectual property law and outlines the urgent need for reform.

This book reflects on the development of Nigeria's intellectual property law and outlines the urgent need for reform.

This book analyses the gendered nature of patent law and the knowledge governance system it supports.

This book analyses the gendered nature of patent law and the knowledge governance system it supports.

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime.

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime.

The pharmaceutical industry, long thought of as a recession-proof investment, now faces a day of reckoning.

The pharmaceutical industry, long thought of as a recession-proof investment, now faces a day of reckoning.

Are innovation and creativity helped or hindered by our intellectual property laws?

This book examines global health problems through the lens of public and international law, focusing on access to essential medicines.

This book examines global health problems through the lens of public and international law, focusing on access to essential medicines.

Peter Drahos argues that patent offices serve multinational elites and undermine public rights under the patent social contract.

Peter Drahos argues that patent offices serve multinational elites and undermine public rights under the patent social contract.

This book provides detailed instructions for reading and writing a patent.

This book provides detailed instructions for reading and writing a patent.

First published in 1998, this was the first book to present a comprehensive summary of both the global as well as institutional issues which are involved in biotechnology sharing.

First published in 1998, this was the first book to present a comprehensive summary of both the global as well as institutional issues which are involved in biotechnology sharing.

A major target of Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 is the elimination of 'the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases' and combating 'hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases'.

A major target of Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 is the elimination of 'the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases' and combating 'hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases'.

Ideas are the fuel of industry and the entertainment business.

Ideas are the fuel of industry and the entertainment business.

This book critiques the decision-making process in Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention.

This book critiques the decision-making process in Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention.

Exploring the relationship between competition law and technology pools, this book provides general-purpose details of the biotechnology patent pool scheme while discussing historical developments, approaches of the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union Competition Commission via EU regulations.

Exploring the relationship between competition law and technology pools, this book provides general-purpose details of the biotechnology patent pool scheme while discussing historical developments, approaches of the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union Competition Commission via EU regulations.

This book provides practical and detailed account of all procedural aspects of the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent system.

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.

A new perspective on United States software development, seen through the patent battles that shaped our technological landscape   This first comprehensive history of software patenting explores how patent law made software development the powerful industry that it is today.

This book provides practical and detailed account of all procedural aspects of the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent system.

In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law-and its focus on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright-has never been greater.

Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation.

Nations throughout the world receive more patent applications, grant more patents, and entertain more patent infringement lawsuits than ever before.

Global Patents: Limits of Transnational Enforcement explains why a "e;global patent"e; does not exist.

Access to medicine is a topic of widespread interest.

This book addresses what the Development Agenda entails by examining the latest empirical research on intellectual property and development.

The GDP of the United Arab Emirate's (UAE) economy is reported to have grown 35% in 2006, making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Patent Law in Global Perspective addresses critical and timely questions in patent law from a truly global perspective, with contributions from leading patent law scholars from various countries.

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries.

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries.

In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law-and its focus on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright-has never been greater.

The relevance of intellectual property law has increased dramatically over the last several years.

Coalitions and Compliance examines how international changes can reconfigure domestic politics.

This book highlights the special issues arising in obtaining, commercialising, enforcing or attacking intellectual property rights (including protection of regulatory data) in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries across the world's key jurisdictions.

Coalitions and Compliance examines how international changes can reconfigure domestic politics.

Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology is the established and highly-acclaimed introduction to patent law and practice, guiding the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese, and United States patent systems.

Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology is the established and highly-acclaimed introduction to patent law and practice, guiding the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese, and United States patent systems.

Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy.

Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy.

The rise of China's economy has led to a substantial increase in disputes involving intellectual property rights, including patents.