Reforming the Patent System
- 17 March 2000
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 287 (5460) , 1933-1934
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5460.1933
Abstract
The costs of the intellectual property system in the United States are growing significantly faster than the amount of research. This article proposes three responses: to raise the standards for patentability, to decrease the use of patents to bar research, and to ease legal attack on patents of questionable validity.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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