000			02114nam a22002297a 4500
020			_a978-1-78536-860-8
082			_a347.771 _bNEF
100			_aNefissa Chakroun
245			_aPatents for Development : Improved Patent Information Disclosure and Access for Incremental Innovation
260			_aCheltenham, UK _aNorthampton, MA, USA _bEdward Elgar _c2016
300			_axvii, 275p.
650			_a1. Introduction: context and importance of patent information for development _a1.1 The disclosure requirement and the use of patent information for development _a1.2 How technology transfer to developing countries has been addressed so far? _a1.3 How this book intends to utilise patent information as a means for development
650			_a2. The significance of patent information _a2.1 Definition and clarification issues: overview of the concept of patent information _a2.2 'Patent information quality' and 'patent quality' _a2.3 The reasons why patent information is underutilised
650			_a3 The foundation of a right to patent information _a3.1 An implicit right to patent information _a3.2 The foundation for an implicit right to patent information _a3.3 Means of implementing an implicit right to patent information in law _a3.4 A right to patent information within the existing patent system: centralisation of the patent system versus a right to patent information _a3.5 Proposals for an explicit right to patent information
650			_a4. The inadequacy of the disclosure requirement _a4.1 The theoretical justifications for the disclosure requirement _a4.2 The obligation to provide clear and complete disclosure _a4.3 The substantive inadequacy of the disclosure requirement
650			_a5 Access to and retrieval of patent documents
650			_a6. Transferring technologies utilising patent information
650			_a7. The case of Tunisia
650			_a8. Improving developing countries'capacity to utilise patent information for development
650			_a9. Conclusion: policy for promoting incremental innovation and development through exploitation of patent information
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