Patents for development : improved patent information disclosure and access for incremental innovation / Nefissa Chakroun, LLM, PhD (Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), UK and Senior Public Service Counsellor).
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Patents for development : improved patent information disclosure and access for incremental innovation / Nefissa Chakroun, LLM, PhD (Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), UK and Senior Public Service Counsellor).
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
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K1505 .C429 2016
ISBN
9781785368608 (cased)
1785368605 (cased)
9781785368615 (ebook)
1785368605 (cased)
9781785368615 (ebook)
Description
xvii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)948562458
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-257) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
viii
List of abbreviations
ix
Table of cases
xi
Table of legislation
xiv
1.
Introduction: context and importance of patent information for development
1
1.1.
disclosure requirement and the use of patent information for development
4
1.2.
How technology transfer to developing countries has been addressed so far?
6
1.3.
How this book intends to utilise patent information as a means for development?
10
2.
significance of patent information
13
2.1.
Definition and clarification issues: overview of the concept of patent information
13
2.2.
`Patent information quality' and `patent quality'
16
2.3.
reasons why patent information is underutilised
18
3.
foundation of a right to patent information
27
3.1.
implicit right to patent information
27
3.2.
foundation for an implicit right to patent information
29
3.3.
Means of implementing an implicit right to patent information in law
38
3.4.
right to patent information within the existing patent system: centralisation of the patent system versus a right to patent information
43
3.5.
Proposals for an explicit right to patent information
47
4.
inadequacy of the disclosure requirement
52
4.1.
theoretical justifications for the disclosure requirement
52
4.2.
obligation to provide clear and complete disclosure
55
4.3.
substantive inadequacy of the disclosure requirement
61
4.4.
Proposals for improving the disclosure requirement
72
4.5.
New legislation in Europe and its impact on the disclosure requirement: the unified patent court of the EU
82
4.6.
New legislation in the US and its impact on the disclosure requirement: the American Invents Act
85
5.
Access to and retrieval of patent documents
91
5.1.
Mapping patent information across the leading patent offices
91
5.2.
Current inadequacy in the means of accessing and retrieving patent documents
94
5.3.
Current barriers in using patent documents
104
5.4.
Proposals for improving retrieval of patent documents
108
5.5.
Proposals for improving access to patent documents as a means of strengthening patent quality
120
5.6.
Proposals for enhancing data storage for improved retrieval
122
5.7.
Proposals for retrieving information on patent status events
128
6.
Transferring technologies utilising patent information
137
6.1.
extent of freedom-to-operate: the public domain as a source of technology transfer
137
6.2.
Mapping the public domain
140
6.3.
Transferring patent information by means of adoption and adaptation
143
6.4.
Transferring patent information by means of imitation
146
6.5.
Restrictions on freedom-to-operate
151
7.
case of Tunisia
161
7.1.
Overview of the scope of the public domain
161
7.2.
Gateways to the public domain under Tunisian patent law
164
7.3.
Assessing Tunisian patent information quality: clear and complete disclosure as implemented by the Tunisian patent law
168
7.4.
Assessing Tunisian patent information quality: inadequacies in accessing and retrieving patent information
171
8.
Improving developing countries' capacity to utilise patent information for development
173
8.1.
Foundations for a WIPO policy promoting access to and use of patent information: the Development Agenda
173
8.2.
Means of implementing WIPO policy for promoting access to and use of patent information
176
8.3.
WIPO Development Agenda and projects for access to and use of patent information
180
8.4.
Challenges for developing countries to better utilise patent information for development
194
9.
Conclusion: policy for promoting incremental innovation and development through exploitation of patent information
202
9.1.
First element: a harmonised terminology related to patent information
203
9.2.
Second element: an explicit right to patent information in law
205
9.3.
Third element: enhanced disclosure requirement
207
9.4.
Fourth element: enhanced access and retrieval
214
9.5.
Fifth element: enhanced skills related to patent information exploitation
216
Appendix
218
Bibliography
225
Index
259