Patents and Industry Standards, Lee Hun Park. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (2010) (Hardback) Price £59.95, c.224 pp., ISBN: 9781 84980 Oil 2.

摘要

This is a very thorough analysis and discussion of a problem which is of growing importance, the logical incompatibility be tween the restriction that is the essence of the patent monopoly and the open access of an industry standard. After Chapters on standards generally and their specific relationship with patents in both the US and the EU, the author then builds up to his own proposal for resolving the problem. This he does through discus sion of the costs and benefits of patent systems, and of proposals for dealing with the monopoly aspect of these which have been put forward.