A Patent System for the 21st Century

A Patent System for the 21st Century
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2004-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309089107

The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of some research from patent infringement liability.

Patent Law

Patent Law
Author: Adarsh Ramanujan
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 1729
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9389859603

It is a casebook on patent law that involves comparative jurisprudence tailored for India. The book is best described by highlighting the following features: (1) Casebook format - The casebook format suits practitioners and judges. It allows the reader to independently interpret and assess the implication of each caselaw, which forms a vital component of the practice of law. The reader is assisted towards this objective by only containing extracts of the relevant portions of the judgment. Even from an academic perspective, it provides an unfiltered view of the law, better than any unnecessary prose. (2) Comparative approach - For each topic of patent law, the book would provide a single point congregation of the relevant Indian provisions and extracts from relevant caselaw across India, the UK, the EU and the USA. This approach is ideal for India, where jurisprudence on the subject is limited. Courts, practitioners, and the Patent Office often resort to such a comparative approach to learn from the experiences of other jurisdictions. (3) Notes - Author's notes before and after each caselaw or topic fulfil four purposes: (i) set the context for the reader; (ii) critique the caselaw or to bring focus on to issues that arise in practice; (iii) contextualize the discussion to the Indian statute; and (iv) examine the historical perspective, including the legislative history. (4) Focus on law - it is a no-nonsense, no-rhetoric book, focussing on the law, its interpretation and application.

Patents

Patents
Author: Ĺšaila Jaina
Publisher: Universal Law Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011
Genre: Patent laws and legislation
ISBN: 9788175349865

Incentives for Global Public Health

Incentives for Global Public Health
Author: Thomas Pogge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-06-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139487779

This portrait of the global debate over patent law and access to essential medicines focuses on public health concerns about HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, the SARS virus, influenza, and diseases of poverty. The essays explore the diplomatic negotiations and disputes in key international fora, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Drawing upon international trade law, innovation policy, intellectual property law, health law, human rights and philosophy, the authors seek to canvass policy solutions which encourage and reward worthwhile pharmaceutical innovation while ensuring affordable access to advanced medicines. A number of creative policy options are critically assessed, including the development of a Health Impact Fund, prizes for medical innovation, the use of patent pools, open-source drug development and forms of 'creative capitalism'.

Patent Cultures

Patent Cultures
Author: Graeme Gooday
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2022-07-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781108468886

This book explores how dissimilar patent systems remain distinctive despite international efforts towards harmonization. The dominant historical account describes harmonization as ever-growing, with familiar milestones such as the Paris Convention (1883), the World Intellectual Property Organization's founding (1967), and the formation of current global institutions of patent governance. Yet throughout the modern period, countries fashioned their own mechanisms for fostering technological invention. Notwithstanding the harmonization project, diversity in patent cultures remains stubbornly persistent. No single comprehensive volume describes the comparative historical development of patent practices. Patent Cultures: Diversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective seeks to fill this gap. Tracing national patenting from imperial expansion in the early nineteenth century to our time, this work asks fundamental questions about the limits of globalization, innovation's cultural dimension, and how historical context shapes patent policy. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the contested role of patents in the modern world.

Business Legislation for Management, 6e

Business Legislation for Management, 6e
Author: M C Kuchhal & Vivek Kuchhal
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
Total Pages: 732
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 935674565X

Business Legislation for Management is meant for students of business management, who need to be familiar with business laws and company law in their future role as managers. The book explains these laws in a simple and succinct manner, making the students sufficiently aware of the scope of these laws so that they are able to operate their businesses within their legal confines. The book approaches the subject in a logical way, so that even a student with no legal background is able to understand it. This new edition of the book has been thoroughly updated and revised in accordance with the Companies Act, 2013. The amendments introduced by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, through its Eleventh Schedule to the Companies Act, 2013 have also been duly incorporated.