Patents for development : improved patent information disclosure and access for incremental innovation / Nefissa Chakroun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chakroun, Nefissa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates whether it is possible to execute the disclosed technologies just by reading the patent application. Nefissa Chakroun argues that while TRIPS Agreement obliges inventors to disclose full and complete disclosure, patent information users lack the capacity to fully utilise such information for their economic development. The book offers a critical analysis of the disclosure requirements of the patent system as well as an in-depth examination of the ways in accessing and retrieving patent information. Chakroun articulates proposals for strengthening the disclosure and metho

Contents:

Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Introduction: context and importance of patent information for development; 2. The significance of patent information; 3. The foundation of a right to patent information; 4. The inadequacy of the disclosure requirement; 5. Access to and retrieval of patent documents; 6. Transferring technologies utilising patent information; 7. The case of Tunisia; 8. Improving developing countries' capacity to utilise patent information for development

9. Conclusion: policy for promoting incremental innovation and development through exploitation of patent informationBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78536-861-3