Liability Rules in Patent Law A Legal and Economic Analysis /

The primary purpose of a patent law system should be to enhance economic efficiency, in particular by providing incentives for making inventions. The conventional wisdom is that patents should therefore be strictly exclusive rights. Moreover, in practice patent owners are almost never forced to give...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krauspenhaar, Daniel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition, 1
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory Remarks
  • Overuse of Exclusivity in Patent Law
  • Private Liability Rule Regimes
  • Compulsory Liability Rule and Liability Rule by Default Regimes
  • Overall View and Conclusion.