Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in each area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
In this prescient book, expert authors identify key areas of development, conflict and tension within patent law, providing crucial insights into the field to steer future research and policymaking.
Encompassing traditional and cutting edge technologies, chapters examine the interactions between patent law and a wide range of pertinent sectors including the information and communications technology, pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Leading and emerging scholars examine key issues such as the patenting of core AI innovations in Europe, how best to achieve fair and equitable grants for patents on genome editing inventions, and the patenting strategies of pharmaceutical companies. Ultimately, this Research Agenda advocates for the redirection of future patent policies towards a more balanced equilibrium between protecting innovation and safeguarding overriding and often conflicting public interests.
Students and scholars of intellectual property law will benefit from the novel perspectives and identification of new research pathways presented in this Research Agenda.
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A remarkable academic work and an essential book to understand the role of patents in the cognitive society. -- Manuel Desantes, University of Alicante, Spain A Research Agenda for Patent Law by Enrico Bonadio and Noam Shemtov provides an essential roadmap for any legal researchers, policymakers or practitioners alike. A distinguished group of prominent contributors illuminate pressing issues and transformative developments shaping the future of patent law and its surrounding eco-system. The book thus helps to navigate through ongoing discourses in an era of rapidly evolving technologies facing complex challenges and opportunities. The chapters not only identify open questions that will need to be addressed, but also point towards potential solutions. With its rigorous analysis and forward-thinking perspective, the book encourages critical discourse on the future of innovation and protection in a global context. The authors insights are both timely and essential, shedding light on the nuances of a field that impacts technology, economy, and society at large. An invaluable addition to the library of anyone invested in the future of patent law.<.i> -- Timo Minssen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark This collection of essays is astonishingly good. Each and every one provides a significant insight into its subject. Each subject is of major current relevance. Whether you agree with the author or not, you will be wiser and much better informed. -- Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob, University College London, UK
Contents
Foreword viii
Introduction to A Research Agenda for Patent Law xi
Enrico Bonadio and Noam Shemtov
PART I Patents in the new ICT ecosystem
1 A research agenda for standards-essential patents 3
Jorge L. Contreras
2 Patent pools, internet of things and EU competition law 25
Enrico Bonadio and Magali Contardi
3 A research agenda for patents relating to interfaces 45
Gwilym Roberts
PART II Patenting in artificial intelligence, pharma, and biotech
4 Beyond algorithms: patenting core AI innovation in Europe 65
Noam Shemtov
5 Patenting strategies by pharmaceutical companies: a lawful
use of the patent system or an abusive conduct? 81
Olga Gurgula
6 Achieving a fair and equitable balance: the role of patents
in the governance and oversight of human germline genome
editing 105
Duncan Matthews
PART III Reconsidering the role of patents in the 21st century
7 Lessons from software patents: an asymptotic protection of
AI generated inventions 129
Garry A. Gabison
8 Patents, social welfare and sustainability: considerations
on the role of the patent system in incentivising the UN
Sustainable Development Goals 151
Francesca Mazzi
9 The patent system after Covid-19 173
Matthew Fisher
Edited by Enrico Bonadio, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, The City Law School, City St Georges, University of London and Noam Shemtov, Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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