TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabricating invention: the patent malfunction of Australian patent law
AU - Moir, Hazel
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Despite advice to parliament that patents are granted only for a significant advance over what was known and what was available to the public the evidence shows this is not the standard used. The actual standard is a scintilla � a marginal difference from what is known. The consequence of such a low standard is that thousands of patents are granted for things that contribute no public benefit. Such trivial patents can impede genuinely inventive companies.
AB - Despite advice to parliament that patents are granted only for a significant advance over what was known and what was available to the public the evidence shows this is not the standard used. The actual standard is a scintilla � a marginal difference from what is known. The consequence of such a low standard is that thousands of patents are granted for things that contribute no public benefit. Such trivial patents can impede genuinely inventive companies.
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DO - apps/bookworm/view/Volume+20%2C+Number+2%2C+2013/10931/cover.xhtml
M3 - Article
SN - 1447-4735
VL - 20
SP - 21
EP - 38
JO - Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
JF - Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
IS - 2
ER -