Arbeitspapier

First-to-invent versus first-to-file: International patent law harmonization and innovation

The U.S. has been under pressure to abandon the unique first-to-invent feature of its patent law for awarding patents. The opposition to reform however argues that switch to a first-to-file rule, the international norm, will undermine innovation. We evaluate this argument in a dynamic stochastic model of a patent race. The result generally supports the opposition's argument.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 703

Classification
Wirtschaft
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
Subject
first-to-file
first-to-invent
patent law harmonization
innovation
U.S. patent law
Internationales Patentrecht
Rechtsangleichung
Innovationswettbewerb
Patentrecht
USA
Dynamisches Modell
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Miyagiwa, Kaz
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Osaka
(when)
2007

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Miyagiwa, Kaz
  • Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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