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CONTENTS
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Author xxi
Chapter 1 Overview and Underview 1
1.1 Simplication versus Oversimplication 1
1.2 e Spherical Patent 2
1.3 e Common Worker Drives Innovation 2
1.4 e Adverse Impact of Überproductivity on Innovation 4
1.5 e Evolution (and Devolution) of Patenting in Today’s Economy 5
1.6 e IP Bazaar 6
1.7 e PervasiveNature of IP Interconnections and Interactions 7
1.8 ere Is No One-Size-Fits-All Patenting System 10
Notes 10
References 11
Chapter 2 The IP Universe 13
2.1 It’s More Complicated an You ink 13
2.2 e IP Big Bang 13
2.3 Business Entropy: e Disorganization of the Organization 16
2.4 To Have Entropy or Not to Have Entropy 17
2.5 Manifestations of Patenting System Entropy 18