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cumulative innovation: a standalone construct

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Intellectual property law

innovation that builds on earlier inventions, raising the question of how patent rights should be divided across generations.

In intellectual property law, cumulative innovation refers to innovation that builds on earlier inventions, raising the question of how patent rights should be divided across generations. This meaning comes from Scotchmer (1991) in Journal of Economic Perspectives.[1]

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innovation6 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs intellectual property2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers patent2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers

References

Scotchmer, S. (1991). Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.5.1.29

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