Patents, Citations, and Innovations
by Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Innovation and technological change, long recognized as the main driversof long-term economic growth, are elusive notions that are difficult toconceptualize and even harder to measure in a consistent, systematic way. This bookdemonstrates the usefulness of patents and citations data as a window on the processof technological change and as a powerful tool for research on the economics ofinnovation. Patent records contain a wealth of information, including the inventors'identity, location, and emp...
Protecting Inventions in Chemistry
by Bernd Hansen and Fritjoff Hirsch
This book covers the protection of chemical inventions by means of Patents and Utility Models, as well as Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicaments and agrochemicals. The jurisdiction of both the European Patent Office and the relevant German Courts which has been developed in recent decades is presented and explained in a comparative manner. It is the first English edition of a book which has become a standard companion for Patent Practitioners in the field of Chemistry in Ge...
Innovators, Firms, and Markets
by Professor of Law Jonathan M Barnett
(Music Sales America). The original version of the popular J.S. Bach Magnificat in D, up a semitone. The same work with some slight differences in the familiar choral sections but more importantly, the addition of four Christmas 'lauds', here given in English translation by the Editor, Neil Jenkins, as well as the original German text.
The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic innovation. "Innovation and Its Discontents" tells the story of how recent changes in patenting - an institutional process that was created to nurture innovation - have wreaked havoc on innovators, businesses, and economic productivity. Jaffe and Lerner, who have spent t...
This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries' technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to 'not-for-profit' entities (mainly universities and research institutes), firms with no more than 500 employees, or to individual inventors. For each of these groups, the book provides statistics and discussion on how...
Are you afraid to launch your tech startup because your intellectual property isn't protected yet? Do you want to get your business off the ground and find investors, but fear that your ideas, technology, methods, or inventions are not protected enough to share? Do you think that others will take your ideas and become quick competitors? Is there a way to fast-track your protection to begin finding investors for your startup? The invention you are hiding could be the next innovation that helps...
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
by Edward W Byrn
Although employers are required to pay compensation for employee inventions under the laws in many countries, existing legal literature has never critically examined whether such compensation actually gives employee inventors an incentive to invent as the legislature intends. This book addresses the issue through reference to recent, large-scale surveys on the motivation of employee inventors (in Europe, the United States and Japan) and studies in social psychology and econometrics, arguing th...
Are stem cells patentable? What is the patenting process? What rights does a patent provide? Why should I patent? Applying for and obtaining a patent is a process that can be unpredictable and intimidating, although it does not necessarily need to be. Novice and experienced inventors often have questions regarding patenting and the patenting process. This e-book is provided to answer many questions regarding the patenting process before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"). I...