TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merges, Robert P., ed.
TI  - Economics of intellectual property law. V. 1
SN  - 9781845425456 (2 v. set)
U1  - 346.048 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cheltenham,UK
PB  - Edward Elgar Pub.
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Volume I

Introduction Robert P. Merges

PART I PATENTS

1. Roger L. Beck (1983), `The Prospect Theory of the Patent System and Unproductive Competition'
2. Alfred E. Kahn (1940), `Fundamental Deficiencies of the American Patent Law'
3. Edmund W. Kitch (1977), `The Nature and Function of the Patent System'
4. Nancy T. Gallini (2002), `The Economics of Patents: Lessons from Recent U.S. Patent Reform'
5. Richard Gilbert and Carl Shapiro (1990), `Optimal Patent Length and Breadth'
6. Henry Grabowski and John Vernon (1986), `Longer Patents for Lower Imitation Barriers: The 1984 Drug Act'
7. Mark F. Grady and Jay I. Alexander (1992), `Patent Law and Rent Dissipation'
8. Louis Kaplow (1984), `The Patent-Antitrust Intersection: A Reappraisal'
9. Jean O. Lanjouw and Mark Schankerman (2001), `Characteristics of Patent Litigation: A Window on Competition'
10. Josh Lerner (2002), `150 Years of Patent Protection'
11. Edwin Mansfield, Mark Schwartz and Samuel Wagner (1981), `Imitation Costs and Patents: An Empirical Study'
12. Robert P. Merges and Richard R. Nelson (1990), `On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope'
13. Robert P. Merges (1994), `Of Property Rules, Coase, and Intellectual Property'
14. William D. Nordhaus (1972), `The Optimal Life of a Patent: Reply'
15. Edith Penrose (1973), `International Patenting and the Less-Developed Countries'
16. Mark Schankerman and Ariel Pakes (1986), `Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During the Post-1950 Period'
17. F.M. Scherer (1965), `Firm Size, Market Structure, Opportunity and the Output of Patented Inventions'
18. F.M. Scherer (1972), `Nordhaus' Theory of Optimal Patent Life: A Geometric Reinterpretation'
19. Suzanne Scotchmer (1991), `Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law'
20. Brian D. Wright (1983), `The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes and Research Contracts'
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