Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in Homeland Security.
Examines concerns that patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual rights may impede the prompt, widespread and cost-effective distribution of innovations that promote homeland security. Discusses Government use of privately-owned intellectual property through eminent domain, contracting, or compu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2008.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Examines concerns that patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual rights may impede the prompt, widespread and cost-effective distribution of innovations that promote homeland security. Discusses Government use of privately-owned intellectual property through eminent domain, contracting, or compulsory licenses, reviews implications of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights on World Trade Organization signatories ability to protect intellectual property rights, and provides an overview of Government-sponsored R&D into patented inventions useful in homeland security. Considers legislation introduced to clarify the role of the Government in relation to privately-developed intellectual property, including the Bayh-Dole Act, the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, and proposed incentives for bioterrorism countermeasure development. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |