@article{48644,
      recid = {48644},
      author = {Matthews, Duncan, and Ostapenko, Hanna,},
      title = {The War in Ukraine Raises Questions About Patents for  Secret Inventions.},
      pages = {1 online resource (pages 665–669)},
      abstract = {Patent information must, in certain circumstances, be  prevented from being made available to the public for  reasons of national security. This policy imperative  deviates from the conventional approach under patent law,  which emphasises a bargain with society whereby patent  rights are granted in return for disclosure of the  invention and communication to the public. How best to  achieve a balance between keeping an invention secret for  reasons of national security and disclosure of the  invention will depend on circumstances that may well change  rapidly. The stronger the threat to national security, the  more the policy tends to lean toward keeping certain  inventions secret. The war in Ukraine brings this patent  policy imperative sharply into focus. This opinion  undertakes a historical analysis of patent law approaches  for keeping inventions secret in key countries and analyses  current arrangements for the patent protection of secret  inventions in Ukraine. This opinion concludes that Ukraine  should consider the long-term implications of keeping  patented inventions secret when the war finally comes to an  end, having regard to the potentially negative consequences  for future innovation. This opinion also recommends that  Ukraine provides reasonable compensation for patent  proprietors, taking into account the economic losses  associated with the fact that secrecy orders will prevent  the commercialisation of otherwise potentially lucrative  inventions.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48644},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad042},
}