TY - BOOK AU - Trimble,Marketa TI - Global patents: limits of transnational enforcement SN - 9780199933013 (ebook) : AV - K1505 .T75 2012 U1 - 346.0486 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Intellectual property N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This text explains why a 'global patent' does not exist. It identifies the barriers to its creation from both historical and current perspectives, and discusses the difficulties that arise as inventors, investors, and businesses strive to protect their inventions in the widest territory possible UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199840687.001.0001 ER -