Innovation and Patentability Requirement in a Globalized World

• Main Authors: CHOR, Davin, LAI, Edwin L. C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Intellectual property rights protection; Non-obviousness; Patentability; Required inventive step; Growth and Development
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1000/viewcontent/ipip091123.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

One important element of a patent regime is the non-obviousness requirement, which captures the minimum improvement to the best patented technology a new invention is required to make in order for it to be patentable. We call it the required inventive step. We explore the implications of a patenting...