Alakeel, Khalid A.

2013-06-26T13:51:27Z

2013-06-26T13:51:27Z

1997

This study deals with the basic ideology of the patent system. It is an attempt to analyse the Saudi Patent Law and System by concentrating on the balance which the System holds between, on the one hand, promoting national individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, and on the other hand, keeping the flow of foreign technology through the registration of foreign patent applications. Both strategies will be examined overall in order to identify whether they can be utilised as a useful instrument in the technological and economic development of the Country. Chapter I reviews the history and development of the Saudi Arabia Legal System including the Patent Law. Part II of the chapter analyses in more detail the main articles of the said Law. A brief analysis of the international conventions in relation to the patent law is presented in this Chapter. Chapter 2 approaches an evaluation of the patent system as a spur to inventive activity and as an instrument for economic development. It also discusses the natural property rights theory, and the economic theory of patents as well as the private property theory under the Islamic law. It also investigates the more important articles of the Saudi Law and the practice of the Saudi Patent Office in relation to the economic utilisation of the Law and System. Chapter 3 and 4 discuss the two most controversial subjects in terms of patentability. The former examines the protection of biotechnologicai inventions and discusses in depth the ethical, social and economic issues in this regard. The latter discusses the patent ability of computer software( programmes). It approaches the current policy in national and international application for the protection of computer software and the controversial arguments surrounding them. It also examines the existing protection offered under the Saudi Copyrights Law and Patent Law and the type of protection desired. Chapter 5 deals with the protection of intellectual property in international trade. It examines the international conventions available now with more concentration on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and the Paris Convention. It also analyses the effect of such conventions of the protection of intellectual property in Saudi Arabia. Chapter 6 evaluates the effective role of the patent system in the transfer of technology. It examines the multi-lateral convention concerning the operation of the transfer of technology. It also analyses such effect on Saudi Arabia and also the role of the Saudi Patent System in this regard as well. Chapter 7 approaches a comparative study of the United Kingdom Patent Office examining its function in encouraging local inventors and industry's inventive activity and increasing its power as an economic source. It also includes an alternative suggestion for the Saudi Patent System in these important functions.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7244

eng

University of Edinburgh

Law

Patent

Devoloping country

Utilisation of the patent system in a developing economy: the case of Saudi Arabia

The utilisation of the patent system in a developing economy: the case of Saudi Arabia

PhD Doctor of Philosophy