Patent Politics


Book Description

Introduction -- Defining the public interest in the US and European patent systems -- Confronting the questions of life-form patentability -- Commodification, animal dignity, and patent-system publics -- Forging new patent politics through the human embryonic stem cell debates -- Human genes, plants, and the distributive implications of patents -- Conclusion













Patents, Citations, and Innovations


Book Description

A study of how patents and citation data can serve empirical research on innovation and technological change.