01314nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000077416 StDuBDS 20150804193939.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120417s2012 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199933013 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS K1505 .T75 2012 346.0486 23 Trimble, Marketa. Global patents [electronic resource] : limits of transnational enforcement / Marketa Trimble. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (ix, 233 p.) : ill. This text explains why a 'global patent' does not exist. It identifies the barriers to its creation from both historical and current perspectives, and discusses the difficulties that arise as inventors, investors, and businesses strive to protect their inventions in the widest territory possible. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Patent laws and legislation. Intellectual property. Print version 9780199840687 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199840687.001.0001 37892 37892