The Battle Over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation Haber Stephen H.
The Battle Over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation Haber Stephen H. An examination of how the patent system works, imperfections and all, to incentivize innovationDo patents facilitate or…
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The Battle Over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation Haber Stephen H.
An examination of how the patent system works, imperfections and all, to incentivize innovationDo patents facilitate or frustrate innovation? Bringing together thoroughly researched essays from prominent historians and social scientists, this volume traces the long and contentious history of patents and examines how they have worked in practice. Lawyers, economists, and politicians who have staked out strong positions in this debate often attempt to validate their claims by invoking the historical record--but they frequently get the history wrong.The Battle over Patents gets it right.
Haber and Naomi R. Editors Stephen H. Lamoreaux show that patent systems are the result of contending interests at different points in production chains battling over economic surplus.
The larger the potential surplus, the more extreme are the efforts of