Patent Trolls
Independent Institute,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59813-170-3 (ISBN)
In Patent Trolls: Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation, William J. Watkins, Jr., calls attention to this problem and the challenges it poses to maintaining a robust rate of technological progress. After describing recent trends and efforts to “tame the trolls,” Watkins focuses on ground zero in patent litigation—the Eastern District of Texas, where a combination of factors makes this the lawsuit venue of choice for strategically minded patent trolls. He also examines a more fundamental problem: an outmoded patent system that is wholly ill suited for the modern economy.
Finally, he examines proposals for reforming the U.S. patent system, which was created to spur innovation but today is having the opposite effect. If legal reformers heed the analyses and proposals presented in this book, the prospects for crafting a legal environment that promotes innovation are favourable.
William J. Watkins Jr. is an attorney and a research fellow at the Independent Institute. He is a former law clerk to Judge William B. Traxler, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former Assistant United States Attorney. His books include Judicial Monarchs: The Case for Restoring Popular Sovereignty in the United States and Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. William F. Shughart II is a research director and senior fellow at the Independent Institute and the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, USA. He is a former president of the Southern Economic Association, economist at the Federal Trade Commission, and professor at George Mason University, Clemson University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Arizona, USA. He is the editor in chief of Public Choice and the author of Antitrust Policy and Interest-Group Politics, The Organization of Industry, and Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination. He lives in Logan, Utah, USA.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2014 |
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Vorwort | William F. Shughart II |
Verlagsort | Oakland |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 157 g |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59813-170-2 / 1598131702 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59813-170-3 / 9781598131703 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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