The patent system : key developments and issues for further consideration / Deanna Hoffman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, Deanna, editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following several years of legislative discussion concerning patent reform, the Congress enacted P.L. 112-29, signed into law on September 16, 2011. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or ""AIA,"" made significant changes to the patent system. This book discusses the changes made as well was key developments and issues for further consideration in the patent system.

Contents:

THE PATENT SYSTEM: KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION; THE PATENT SYSTEM: KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE LEAHY-SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT: INNOVATION ISSUES; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PATENT SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS; THE LEAHY-SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT; FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 2: COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTED INVENTIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PATENT FUNDAMENTALS; INTRODUCTION TO COMPULSORY LICENSES; COMPULSORY LICENSES UNDER U.S. LAW; COMPULSORY LICENSES ABROAD

ISSUES AND OBSERVATIONSChapter 3: GENE PATENTS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES; SUMMARY; PATENTS; GENE PATENTS; LEGAL ISSUES; ETHICAL ISSUES; ECONOMIC ISSUES; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Chapter 4: TAILORING THE PATENT SYSTEM FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PATENT FUNDAMENTALS; THE ROLE OF PATENTS WITHIN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATENT SYSTEM; THE FEASIBILITY OF SECTOR-SPECIFIC PATENT RULES; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Chapter 5: AN OVERVIEW OF THE "PATENT TROLLS" DEBATE; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PATENT LAW FUNDAMENTALS

THE "PATENT TROLLS" CONTROVERSYBEHIND THE RISE OF PAES; LEGISLATION IN THE 113TH CONGRESS; OTHER LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 4, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-268-4