TY - UNPB

T1 - Constructing an Efficient and Balanced European Patent System: “Muddling through”

AU - Schovsbo, Jens Hemmingsen

N1 - SSRN 1932690 WPS (Social Science Research Network)

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The paper discusses ways to construct a more efficient and balanced European patent system. It identifies and describes challenges relating to innovation, to non-economic issues and to governance. In order to improve the patent system, a cautious approach of “Muddling through” is recommended. More concretely, the paper puts forward some of the solutions proposed in the STOA Report to the European Parliament on “Policy options for the improvement of the European patent system” and suggest initiatives such as the insertion of a mission statement in the EPC, improvement of patent quality, increasing access to patented inventions and enhancement of governance.

AB - The paper discusses ways to construct a more efficient and balanced European patent system. It identifies and describes challenges relating to innovation, to non-economic issues and to governance. In order to improve the patent system, a cautious approach of “Muddling through” is recommended. More concretely, the paper puts forward some of the solutions proposed in the STOA Report to the European Parliament on “Policy options for the improvement of the European patent system” and suggest initiatives such as the insertion of a mission statement in the EPC, improvement of patent quality, increasing access to patented inventions and enhancement of governance.

M3 - Working paper

BT - Constructing an Efficient and Balanced European Patent System: “Muddling through”

ER -