@article{25283,
      author = {Suthersanen, Uma., and Chow, K. B.;},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/25283},
      title = {Innovation Without Patents : Harnessing the Creative  Spirit in a Diverse World},
      abstract = {This book is concerned with the extent to which  innovations should or should not be protected as  intellectual property, and the implications this has upon  the ability of local manufacturers to learn to innovate.  A  question the book considers is how far legal protection  should extend to inventions that may only just, or indeed  not quite, meet the conventional criteria for  patentability, in terms of the level of inventiveness.  Innovation without Patents offers a thoughtful and  empirically rich analysis of the current system in a number  of developed and developing countries in the Asia-Pacific.  It asks whether such innovations should remain free from  patenting, or whether alternative intellectual property  regimes should be offered in such cases, and indeed whether  the requirements change depending on a country’s level of  development. This discussion is capped by a number of  proposed policy options.  The theoretical and practical  approaches to intellectual property rights, innovation and  development policy formulation make Innovation without  Patents accessible to academics, national and regional  patent offices, national overseas development agencies,  NGOs and patent attorneys.},
      recid = {25283},
      pages = {224 pages ;},
}