The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries

by Thomas K Cheng

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries. It puts forward a theoretical framework after canvassing relevant policy considerations and examines the many reasons why patent protection is not essential for generating innovation incentives in developing countries. These include the tendency of the patent system to overcompensate innovators, the availability of other appropriation mechanisms for innovators...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192857355
• ISBN13: 9780192857354
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"