Impacts of the Japanese Patent System on Productivity Growth
http://patch.colorado.edu/Economics/research/wkpapers99.html
Legal Features of the Japanese Patent System and Impacts on Technology
Diffusion
http://patch.colorado.edu/Economics/research/wkpapers98.html
Tom Koehler
tom_koehler@yahoo.com
--- Alan <aengel@intlscience.com> wrote:
> Thanks to a list member who wishes to remain anonymous,
> I received a copy of the article.
>
> Let me first give a Greg-like take on this article as it
> touches on a similar pet peeve - there is no sign that
> any Japanese language materials were used to research
> the article. While it is commendable that McDaniel does
> have a B.A. in Japanese, there is no indication that her
> professor let her use that ability. The study of Japan
> is one area in which a "scholar" with essentially no
> skill with the language of the subject country can claim
> to be expert. This would be absolutely unacceptable in
> the case of, for example, France, Germany or even
> Russia.
>
> At first glance, the article appears to be a hash of
> old myths, but I will have to read it more closely.
>
> For those interested in innovation in Japan, I highly
> recommend the following book:
>
> We Were Burning : Japanese Entrepreneurs and the
> Forging of the Electronic Age, Bob Johnstone,
> Basic Books, 1998, ISBN: 0465091172
>
> Johnstone is a journalist who has lived in Japan for
> some 20 years or more. He has written for the
> Far Eastern Economic Review and Wired among other
> periodicals.
>
> In order to write this book, Johnstone took a year
> on a McKnight fellowship at MIT to study science
> journalism before proceeding with the book. The
> book is extremely well researched by an author
> who knows that you need to get beyond the English
> literature to produce something meaningful about
> Japan.
>
> There is a saying among "Japan-hands": If you have
> visited Japan for two weeks, you can write a book. If
> you have been there for a year, you can write an
> article. If you have been there for two years, you
> wonder if you can write anything at all. After that
> realization, you gradually develop an ability to produce
> something meaningful.
>
> Maskus appears to be at the three-month level.
>
> --
> Alan Engel
> ISTA, Inc.
> ConvertedKokai(tm) machine translations of Japanese patents
> http://www.intlscience.com
>
>
> Sandra Unger wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > There is an interesting article on Japanese Patent Law and its
> impact on
> > the dissemination of technology in the August, 1999 issue of
> ChemTech.
> > This is a very digestible summary of Japanese Patent Law and
> includes some
> > comparisons to US Patent Law.
> >
> > I would be very interested to hear comments from those who are
> > knowledgeable in Japanese Patenting practices. This article
> basically
> > builds a strong case for the premise that the methods used by the
> Japanese
> > patent system promoted the diffusion of technology and had a
> positive
> > effect on technical progress. This is an interesting theory.
> >
> > Unfortunately I do not know enough about Japanese patent law to
> critically
> > read this article. I would be interested to the thoughts of those
> more
> > knowledgeable in Japan's patenting practices.
> >
> > "How technology got a boost from the Japanese Patent Office",
> Christine A.
> > McDaniel and Keith E. Maskus, ChemTech, August 1999, pp. 53-58.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sandra Unger
>
>
>
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