how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk Bessen, James creator Meurer, Michael James. text bibliography nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2008 monographic eng

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331 p. : ill. The argument in brief -- Why property rights work, how property rights fail -- If you can't tell the boundaries, then it ain't property -- Survey of empirical research : do patents perform like property? -- What are U.S. patents worth to their owners? -- The cost of disputes -- How important is the failure of patent notice? -- Small inventors -- Abstract patents and software -- Making patents work as property -- Reforms to improve notice -- A glance forward. HKBU library James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer. YT2025 M10 Patent laws and legislation United States KF3114 B557 P 2008 9780691134918 069113491X SDU 071129