Patent Law in Global Perspective [Hardcover]

Patent Law in Global Perspectiveaddresses critical and timely questions in patent law from a truly global perspective, with contributions from leading patent law scholars from various countries. Offering fresh insights and new approaches to evaluating key institutional, economic, doctrinal, and practical issues, these chapters reflect critical analyses and review developments in national patent laws, efforts to reform the global patent system, and reconfigure geopolitical interests.

Professors Ruth L. Okediji and Margo A. Bagley bring together the first collection to explore patent law issues through the lens of economic development theory, international relations, theoretical foundations for the patent law system in the global context, and more. Topics include: the role of patent law in economic development; the efficacy of patent rights in facilitating innovation; patents and access to medicines; comparative patentability standards (including subject matter eligibility for biotechnology and software inventions); limitations and exceptions to patent scope and protection (including exhaustion, compulsory licensing, and research exceptions); patents on plants and other living organisms; and the impact of emerging economies on global patent system governance. The contributors provide a wealth of original insight and thought-provoking discussion that will be of great interest and benefit to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners alike.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Table of Abstracts

Chapter 1: Public Welfare and the International Patent System
Ruth L. Okediji

Part I-Global Patent Law and the Political Economy of Harmonization

Chapter 2: Intellectual Property Lawmaking, Global Governance, and Emerging Economies
Rochelle C. Dreyfuss

Chapter 3: US Executive Branch Patent Policy, Global and Domestic
Arti K. Rai

Chapter 4: Tral“Ô