Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78024 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Bruegel Working Paper No. 2009/08
Publisher: 
Bruegel, Brussels
Abstract: 
For more than 40 years, governments and professional associations have acted, voted or lobbied against the implementation of the Community Patent (COMPAT). The econometric results and simulations presented in this paper suggest that, thanks to its attractiveness in terms of market size and a sound renewal fee structure, the COMPAT would drastically reduce the relative patenting costs for applicants while generating more income for the European Patent Office and most national patent offices. The loss of economic rents (€400 million would be lost by patent attorneys, translators and lawyers) and the drop of controlling power by national patent offices elucidate further the observed resistance to the Community Patent.
Subjects: 
patent systems
community patent
patenting cost
renewal fees
maintenance rate
JEL: 
O34
O38
P14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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