The evolution of the inventiveness requirement

[摘要] This book follows the requirement of inventiveness (in patent law) in its historical evolution, that is, from the very first,moment that we can distinguish its contours up to the present day. In doing so, it focuses on three aspects in particular:,what are the historical phases that can be discerned in the requirement’s evolution? What are the socio-economic and political,forces that have determined or influenced its course? And how can (dis)similarities between the jurisdictions under examination,(i.e. the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands) be explained?

[发布机构] University of Amterdam