Strategic patent breadth for drastic innovations

Patents are one of the most powerful forms of intellectual property protection and have been used for the last 500 years as a mechanism to stimulate the production and enable the dissemination of technological knowledge. Patents enable innovators to capture innovation rents through the granting of e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yiannaka, Amalia
Other Authors: Isaac, Grant E.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2009
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-11252008-132328/