Publication: EU Patent System: to be or not to be?
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2011-02
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This paper introduce a list of desirable efficiency properties that any a patent system
should have in order to enhance innovation, trade competitiveness, employment
mobility and economic growth. We briefly overview the literature on patents and
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the present and recent proposals for the
future of the European Union Patents System. In particular, we discuss the costinefficiencies
observed in the current design of the EU Patent System based in a double
structure layer divided in a central European Patent Office (EPO) and several nationalbased
patent offices. This paper analyzes the likely backlashes of creating a third layer
for a sub‐sample of EU countries. The paper suggests an alternative more efficient
Patent System together with some policy implications.
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Innovation, Patents, Knowledge spillovers, Common European patent, Welfare losses, Patents’ languages, Cultural proximity, Competitive trade