商品簡介
This work explains the rationale and utility of service patents (patents for intangible services), arguing that the patent system must embrace service patents in this post-industrial economy. The author takes the perspective that patents are not a social burden imposed by misguided lawmakers, nor a weapon used by corporations to oppress consumers; rather, patents are tools of competition and economic progress in free market economies. The book begins with a review of the history of patents up through the industrial revolution, then offers an overview of the current status of the industrial patent system and its functions, especially in the context of globalized trade. The author then describes the formal and substantive requirements, scope of rights, and terms of protection that service patents should have. Information on the author is not given. Aspen Publishers is now Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
