Introduction 1
PART 1 WELFARE-ENHANCING HARMONIZATION 13
1 Domestic patent law: autarkic analysis 13
2 The value of diversity: relaxed autarky 27
3 Bases for harmonization 39
PART 2 INTERNATIONAL PATENT LAW INSTITUTIONS 65
4 History 65
5 International patent cooperation as collective action 96
6 Institutional analysis: WIPO and the WTO 115
Conclusions and implications 157
Notes 167
References 185
ndex 197