000026529 000__ 03221cam\a2200601\i\4500 000026529 001__ 26529 000026529 003__ SzGeWIPO 000026529 005__ 20230203205132.0 000026529 008__ 110301s2011\\\\enk\\\\\rb\\\\001\0\eng\c 000026529 020__ $$z9780857938480$$qPrint 000026529 020__ $$z9781849806091$$eBook 000026529 035__ $$a(OCoLC)711824276 000026529 035__ $$a(wipo)006504933 000026529 040__ $$aDE-604$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000026529 041__ $$aeng 000026529 050_4 $$aK1505$$b.S73 2011 000026529 08204 $$a346.0486$$222 000026529 084__ $$aG 991 STA.I 000026529 090__ $$c28925$$d28915 000026529 1001_ $$aStack, Alexander. 000026529 24510 $$aInternational Patent Law :$$bCooperation, Harmonization and an Institutional Analysis of WIPO and the WTO. 000026529 264_1 $$aCheltenham, UK :$$bEdward Elgar,$$c2011. 000026529 300__ $$a224 pages ;$$c24 cm 000026529 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000026529 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000026529 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000026529 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index. 000026529 5050_ $$aForeword -- Introduction -- Part I: Welfare-Enhancing Harmonization -- 1. Domestic Patent Law: Autarkic Analysis -- 2. The Value of Diversity: Relaxed Autarky -- 3. Bases for Harmonization -- Part II: International Patent Law Institutions -- 4. History -- 5. International Patent Cooperation as Collective Action -- 6. Institutional Analysis: WIPO and the WTO Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Index 000026529 520__ $$aWhen is international patent law cooperation and harmonization welfare-enhancing? What is the role of international institutions – WIPO and the WTO – in furthering such harmonization? This book explores these questions from a global welfarist, rationalist perspective. It grounds its analysis in innovation theory and a examination of patent law and prosecution, incorporating the uncertainty of patent law’s impact on welfare at a detailed level, dynamic changes, the skewed nature of patent value and the difficulty of textually capturing patent concepts. Using tools from new institutional economics, it explores future design implications for international institutions, analyzing grounds for international cooperation as collective action problems and applying historical, political and transaction cost analyses. Academics, students and practitioners interested in international economic law, specifically in respect of patents, innovation and intellectual property, the TRIPs Agreement, the WTO and WIPO will find this book essential. It will also prove insightful for researchers whose primary background is in international relations or international political economy, but are seeking an introduction to the patent and intellectual property field. 000026529 61020 $$aWorld Trade Organization. 000026529 61020 $$aWorld Intellectual Property Organization. 000026529 61026 $$aOrganisation mondiale du commerce. 000026529 61026 $$aOrganisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle. 000026529 650_0 $$aPatents (International law) 000026529 650_0 $$aPatent laws and legislation. 000026529 650_0 $$aDispute resolution (Law) 000026529 650_0 $$aPatents. 000026529 650_0 $$aLaw$$xInternational unification. 000026529 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000026529 650_4 $$aPatent law 000026529 650_4 $$aPatent cooperation 000026529 650_6 $$aBrevets d'invention$$xDroit international. 000026529 650_6 $$aDroit$$xUnification internationale. 000026529 8524_ $$bZ01$$pZD1694995 000026529 85640 $$uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/display/edcoll/9781849802581/9781849802581.xml$$yView eBook 000026529 942__ $$cMON$$jG 991 STA.I 000026529 952__ $$w2011-08-02$$p2011-0420$$r69.95$$u40959$$bMAIN$$10$$kG 991 STA.I$$v2011-08-02$$ztagged$$71 000026529 980__ $$aBIB$$aOS 000026529 999__ $$c28925$$d28925