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The patent wars : the battle to own the world's technology / Fred Warshofsky.
Warshofsky, Fred, author.
1994
G 16 WAR.P
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Title
The patent wars : the battle to own the world's technology / Fred Warshofsky.
Author
Warshofsky, Fred, author.
Description
298 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
0471599026 acid-free paper
9780471599029 acid-free paper
Alternate Call Number
G 16 WAR.P
Summary
From the "Diaper Wars" that pitted Procter & Gamble against Kimberly-Clark to disputes over high-temperature superconductors, veteran technology writer Fred Warshofsky tracks patent litigation's path to becoming one of the most potent financial tools of the 1990s. The stakes are enormous. For example, Honeywell Inc. more than doubled its net income for the third quarter of 1992 despite lower operating revenue by winning some dozen patent infringement suits against Japanese camera makers, including a tidy $96 billion from Minolta. Japanese companies frequently win. In a revealing analysis of the patent wars in Japan, Warshofsky shows how Japanese industries surround basic patents with clusters of patent modifications. In the global winner-take-all battle, this strategy gives them effective control over the licensing and usefulness of the original invention.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. The new wealth of Nations; 2. Background to conflict; 3. Protecting patent, market, and company; 4. Defending the patent borders; 5. Protecting chips; 6. Software: protecting the 50billionart;7.Cyberspace,hackers,andpiracy;8.PatentingFrankenstein′smonster:bacteria,bugs,andbiotech;9.StiflingorenchancingAmericaninnovation?ThenewwealthofnationsBackgroundtoconflictProtectingpatent,market,andcompanyDefendingthepatentbordersProtectingchipsSoftware:protectingthe50 billion art
Cyberspace, hackers, and piracy
Patenting Frankenstein's monster: bacteria, bugs, and biotech
Stifling or enhancing American innovation?
Published
New York : Wiley, c1994.
Language
English
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