Patents : international protection for small business and the prior user rights defense / Shawn Bennett, editor.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 27, 2015).

Includes index.

PATENTS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND THE PRIOR USER RIGHTS DEFENSE ; PATENTS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND THE PRIOR USER RIGHTS DEFENSE ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 INTERNATIONAL PATENT PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; Background ; Findings ; Recommendations ; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. BACKGROUND ; A. Methodology ; III. DISCUSSION ; 1. Patenting by U.S. Small Businesses Is Relatively Uncommon, and Concentrated in High Technology Sectors

2. Patenting Can Be Important to the Competitiveness of Small Businesses 3. Internationalization Strategies Can Facilitate Small Business Growth and Job Creation ; 4. Patent Protection Abroad Opens Opportunities for Successful Entry into Global Markets ; 5. Small Businesses May Be Obtaining Patent Protection Abroad Less Frequently Than Large Companies ; 6. International Patenting Costs Are Often Substantial ; 7. Patenting Expenses Often Occur Early in the Life of Small Businesses and Are Difficult to Fund

8. Foreign Countries Largely Take a Different Approach Than the United States in Assisting Small Businesses to Acquire Patent Protection 9. In Response to the Questions Presented by Congress, the USPTO Has Identified Points of Agreement Among Respondents and Witnesses as to What the U.S. Government Can Do to Help Small Businesses with International Patent Protection ; 10. In Continued Response to the Questions Presented by Congress, the USPTO Offers Some Observations Regarding Loan Programs and Grant Programs ; B. Recommendations

1. The U.S. Government Should Engage in Diplomacy and Harmonization to Reduce the Costs Associated with Filing Foreign Patent Applications 2. The USPTO and SBA Should Partner in an Expanded IP Education and Training Initiative Aimed at American Small Businesses ; 3.The USPTO and SBA Should Engage Industry to Discuss How Best to Support U.S. Small Business Efforts to Patent Internationally ; 4. The USPTO and SBA Should Collect More Information and Conduct More Study on the Most Appropriate Methods of Supporting International Patenting by Small Businesses ; CONCLUSION ; End Notes

Chapter 2 REPORT ON THE PRIOR USER RIGHTS DEFENSE* EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. BACKGROUND; III. DISCUSSION ; A. Comparison of Prior Use Provisions in Industrialized Countries ; Analysis and Findings ; 1. Requirements to Assert the Prior User Rights Defense ; a. Qualifying Prior Use Activities; b. Qualifying Prior User ; c.Qualifying Time Period ; d. Qualifying Locations ; 2. Scope of Prior User Rights Defense ; a. Breadth of the Prior Use Activities Encompassed by the Defense ; b. Transferability of the Prior Use Defense ; c. Limitations on Enforceability of the Defense

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