incentive to design around theory

incentive-to-design-around theory. Patents. The economic theory justifying the grant of patent rights based on their tendency to encourage others to design substitutes and improvements that are better or cheaper. Cf. INCENTIVE-TO-COMMERCIALIZE THEORY Y; INCENTIVE-TO-DISCLOSE THEORY; INCENTIVE-TO-INVENT THEORY.

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词条贡献者

译者成昱，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与集体诉讼相关的法律文件。