{"product_id":"the-global-governance-of-knowledge-patent-offices-and-their-clients-paperback-9780521144360","title":"The Global Governance of Knowledge; Patent Offices and their Clients (Paperback) 9780521144360","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Global Governance of Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePatent Offices and their Clients\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Drahos argues that patent offices serve multinational elites and undermine public rights under the patent social contract.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Drahos (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521144360, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 7 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is well-researched, engaging, and filled to the brim with thought-provoking nuggets of current and historical information.' Margot A. Bagley, The IP Law Book Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePatent offices around the world have granted millions of patents to multinational companies. Patent offices are rarely studied and yet they are crucial agents in the global knowledge economy. Based on a study of forty-five rich and poor countries that takes in the world's largest and smallest offices, Peter Drahos argues that patent offices have become part of a globally integrated private governance network, which serves the interests of multinational companies, and that the Trilateral Offices of Europe, the USA and Japan make developing country patent offices part of the network through the strategic fostering of technocratic trust. By analysing the obligations of patent offices under the patent social contract and drawing on a theory of nodal governance, the author proposes innovative approaches to patent office administration that would allow developed and developing countries to recapture the public spirit of the patent social contract.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Patent offices and the global governance of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Labyrinths and catacombs: patent office procedure\u003cbr\u003e 3. The rise of patent offices\u003cbr\u003e 4. The sun and its planets – the European Patent Office and National Offices\u003cbr\u003e 5. The USPTO and JPO\u003cbr\u003e 6. The age of trilaterals and the spirit of co-operation\u003cbr\u003e 7. The jewel in the crown – India's Patent Office\u003cbr\u003e 8. The dragon and the tiger: China and South Korea\u003cbr\u003e 9. Joining the patent office conga line: Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 10. Islands and regions in the patent stream\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reclaiming the patent social contract\u003cbr\u003e 12. Patent administration sovereignty – nodal solutions for small countries, developing countries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Intellectual property law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Intellectual property law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Intellectual%20property%20law%20%5BLNR%5D%22\"\u003eLNR\u003c\/a\u003e], Knowledge management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Knowledge management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Knowledge%20management%20%5BKJMV3%5D%22\"\u003eKJMV3\u003c\/a\u003e], International business [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International business\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20business%20%5BKJK%5D%22\"\u003eKJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005344272664,"sku":"9780521144360","price":31.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521144360i_d29924ee-e0e9-4f92-b8a6-7dca2b34de10.jpg?v=1691372421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-global-governance-of-knowledge-patent-offices-and-their-clients-paperback-9780521144360","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}