Patently outdated : patents in the post-industrial economy : the case for service patents / Nuno Pires de Carvalho.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I From Proto-Patents to Industrial Patents -- ch. 1 The Emerging of Proto-Patents -- 1.The Family System---Fifth Century to 1000 -- 2.The Guild System---1000 to 1400 -- 3.The Domestic System---1400 to 1700 -- 4.The Factory System---1700 Onwards -- ch. 2 The Emerging of Industrial Patents -- 1.The Factory System -- 2.France -- 3.England -- 4.United States -- 5.The Role of Industrial Patents in the Industrial Revolution -- 6.Global Harmonization: The Struggle against Free Riding---The Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement -- pt. II Industrial Patents -- ch. 3 Designing Industrial Patents -- 1.The Introduction of Patent Specifications -- 2.Changes in Ownership---From Independent to Corporate Invention -- 3.Changes Concerning Substantive Patentability Requirements -- 4.The Condition of Materiality (or Tangibility) of Inventions -- 5.Non-obviousness---A Requirement Inherently Linked to Tangibility of Inventions --

Contents note continued: ch. 4 The Global Industrial Patent System -- 1.The Social Construction of Inventions -- 2.The Function(s) of the Patent System -- 3.The Role of Industrial Patent Protection in the Global Economy -- 4.The TRIPS Agreement and the Rule of Patent Law -- 4.1.The Term of Protection -- 4.2.Patentable Subject Matter -- 4.3.Restrictions as Regards Internal Exceptions and Limitations (Protection against Confiscation) -- 4.4.Restrictions as Regards External Exceptions and Limitations -- 5.Article 7 of the TRIPS Agreement and the Operation of the RPL -- 5.1.The First Element of the RPL -- 5.2.The Second Element of the RPL -- 5.3.The Third Element of the RPL -- 5.4.The Fourth Element of the RPL -- 6.What Purpose Does the RPL Really Serve? -- pt. III From Industrial Patents to Service Patents -- ch. 5 Patents for the Post-industrial Age -- 1.The Post-industrial Age -- 2.The Need for Service Patents -- 3.Old Service Patents --

Contents note continued: 4.Modern Service Patents (and the Legislative Bias against Them) -- 5.Why Do We Need Service Patents? The Case for Service Patents -- 6.Invention in Services -- 7.Invention in Finance -- 8.Invention in the Insurance Industry -- 9.Invention in Business Consulting -- 10.Other Categories of Service Inventions -- 11.The Case for Service Patents -- 12.Society Needs to Experiment -- ch. 6 Designing Service Patents -- 1.Novelty and Inventiveness -- 2.Utility -- 3.Specifications -- 4.International Patent Classification -- 5.Term of Protection -- 6.Enforcement -- 7.The Globalization of Service Patents.