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Nature 454, 164-165 (10 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454164a; Published online 9 July 2008
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The cost of vague patents
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BOOK REVIEWED-Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk
by James Bessen & Michael J. Meurer
Princeton University Press: 2008. 352 pp. $29.95 £17.95
Adding fuel to the anti-patent fire, James Bessen and Michael Meurer argue in Patent Failure that US patents cost more than they should because their claims are too vague. Patent claims define the scope of a patented invention, and when they are unclear, competitors cannot determine whether or not they are infringing the patent and whether they should license or litigate.
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