Nonobviousness and the Incentive to Innovate: An Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Reform

Name: Nonobviousness and the Incentive to Innovate: An Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Reform
Cite: SSRN
Year: 1999
Bluebook cite: Hunt, Robert M., "Nonobviousness and the Incentive to Innovate: An Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Reform" (April 1999). Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper 99-3. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=160674 or DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.160674
Author: Robert M. Hunt
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=160674
Item Type: article
Summary: Author makes the point that less stringent nonobviousness requirements in patent law can lead to less research and development activity especially in industries which rapidly innovate.

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