"Contents" [2012] ELECD 1184; in Shimanami, Ryo (ed), "The Future of the Patent System" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) v

Book Title: The Future of the Patent System

Editor(s): Shimanami, Ryo

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781000533

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vii
Foreword viii
Preface: patent system at the crossroads xi

Introduction 1
Ryo Shimanami

PART I ESSENCE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PATENT
SYSTEM

1 Current situation and vision of the patent system: from the
perspective of jurisprudence 9
Ryo Shimanami
2 Current situation and vision of the patent system: from the
perspective of economics 33
Kazuyuki Motohashi
3 Ignoring patents 79
Mark A. Lemley

PART II TRILATERAL AREA AND THE FUTURE OF
THEIR PATENT SYSTEMS

4 The future of IP in Europe 97
Clara Neppel, Berthold Rutz, Guy Carmichael,
Konstantinos Karachalios, Shirin Elahi and Ciaran McGinley
5 Taking stock and looking ahead: the future of U.S. patent law 142
Jay P. Kesan
6 Issues and possible solutions in Japan: patent filing activities of
Japanese companies, resulting backlog problem, and possible
solutions 177
Futoshi Yasuda




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PART III DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE
FUTURE OF THEIR PATENT SYSTEMS

7 The Indian patent system: the road ahead 229
N.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.G. Agitha
8 The Brazilian patent system: challenges for the future 276
Viviane Yumy Mitsuuchi Kunisawa
9 Review and perspective of the Chinese patent system 308
Zhang Ping

Index 367