Citation[]
Federal Trade Commission, The Evolving IP Markeplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition (Mar. 2011) (full-text).
Overview[]
This report looks at two areas of patent law beyond patent quality impact how well the patent system and competition policy work together to further their common goal of enhancing consumer welfare. The first is notice — how well a patent informs the public of what technology is protected. The second is remedies — judicially awarded damages and injunctions following a court finding of patent infringement. The impact of notice and remedies on the alignment of the patent system with competition policy results from the operation of relevant legal rules and practices on competition among patented technologies.