Justifying Patent System:the Dilemma of Arrow Paradox and Its Reinterpretation

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2016.01.009

Abstract

Abstract: Knowledge consists of information of different hierarchies.Knowledge leading to invention is the mixture of tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge.Tacit knowledge,hard to share and express,does not possess the property of public goods.Because of this,Arrow Information Paradox,which was traditionally employed to illustrate patent legitimacy,lacks logical and practical interpretation and needs to be reinterpreted.Tacit knowledge can be converted into explicit knowledge under certain conditions,and patent legitimacy encourages disclosing tacit knowledge through patent document and encourages diffusion of tacit knowledge through empower the exclusivity to the inventor who shoulders the cost of codification.Thus,tacit knowledge which is not codified shall not be protected by patent.It shall be careful to overprotect the right of patent owner in such aspects of sufficient disclosure,PHOSITA,prior art and experiment exception,and so on.

Key words: patent legitimacy, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, invention, patentinstitution, Arrow Information Paradox

ZHAO Yong. Justifying Patent System:the Dilemma of Arrow Paradox and Its Reinterpretation[J]. Journal of Jishou University（Social Sciences）, 2016, 37(1): 70-81.

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