TY - GEN AB - Presenting a wide range of empirical evidence from history, law, and economics, this text is an authoritative and comprehensive look at the economic performance of patents. It asks whether patents work well as property rights, and, if not, what institutional and legal reforms are necessary to make the patent system more effective. AU - Bessen, James ; AU - Meurer, Michael J. CN - KF3114 ID - 24226 KW - Law reform KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Patents KW - Brevets d'invention LA - eng N2 - Presenting a wide range of empirical evidence from history, law, and economics, this text is an authoritative and comprehensive look at the economic performance of patents. It asks whether patents work well as property rights, and, if not, what institutional and legal reforms are necessary to make the patent system more effective. SN - 9780691134918 T1 - Patent failure :how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk. TI - Patent failure :how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk. ER -