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“Not Seeing the Woods for the Trees”: Is the Patent System Still Fit for Purpose?
Author(s) -
Brimelow Alison
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2011.00416.x
Subject(s) - courage , scale (ratio) , neoclassical economics , business , history , economics , environmental ethics , political science , law , philosophy , geography , cartography
The patent system is more widely debated and criticized now than at any time since the 19th century. Predictably this produces more heat than light. Growth on the scale the system has seen in recent years must challenge received certainties. Current analytical priorities seem well focused, but we lack courage, clear ideas about how to respond and develop the system rather than patch it, and a willingness to shape change rather than be shaped by it.