An international patent protection system: A new approach

✍ Scribed by James Sood

• Book ID: 104601076
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 957 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1096-4762
• DOI: 10.1002/tie.4270400206

✦ Synopsis

For all practical purposes, there are two patent protection systems in the world today. The developed countries have national systems, although different in some respects, that provide reasonably effective protection for patent holders. On the other hand, the less developed countries have national systems that are generally not enforced. The lack of enforcement is primarily because these countries own less than one percent of the world's patents. Thus, they have little reason to provide effective protection for those in the industrial countries who hold patents. It would seem advantageous to all concerned to develop a patent system that is accepted by the majority of nations. This study uses an analysis of the major economic and social implications of the present system to propose a suggested approach to a truly international patent system. 0 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

A patent for an invention that is novel and useful is a grant of a property right by the government to the inventor. The right conferred by

The author would like to thank Ginne Lea Miller for her assistance with this article.