Chapter 18: A registry for patent pledges
Jorge L. Contreras
Category:
Monograph Chapter
Published:
31 Mar 2017
Page Range:
290–300
Collection:
Law 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785362491.00029
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Despite the underlying market forces that should promote the dissemination of patent pledges, widespread notice of existing pledges is lacking. Pitfalls such as obscurity, impermanence, and patent transfers have convoluted the existence and current status of patent pledges. A public registry of patent pledges, accompanied by suitable governmental incentives for registration, could address these problems and provide the highest degree of market awareness of pledges.

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Cover Patent Pledges
Patent Pledges
Edited by
Jorge L. Contreras
and
Meredith Jacob
Monograph Book
Published:
31 Mar 2017
Print ISBN:
9781785362484
eISBN:
9781785362491
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785362491
Pages:
c 368
Collection:
Law 2017
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