Innovation without patents : harnessing the creative spirit in a diverse world / edited by Uma Suthersanen, Graham Dutfield, Kit Boey Chow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suthersanen, Uma.

Dutfield, Graham.

Chow, Kit Boey, 1944-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation.

Technological innovations.

Intellectual property.

Inventions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is concerned with the extent to which innovations should or should not be protected as intellectual property, and the implications this has upon the ability of local manufacturers to learn to innovate.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acronyms; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Innovation and development; 2. Innovation and the law of intellectual property; 3. Utility models and other alternatives to patents; 4. Policy considerations for governments; 5. Singapore; 6. Australia; 7. Japan and South Korea; 8. China and Taiwan; 9. The ASEAN states; 10. Utility models in Latin America; 11. Conclusions and recommendations; Index

Notes:

"Based on a report commissioned by the Singapore Property Academy."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22021-0

9786613220219

1-84720-444-9

OCLC:

476030224