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U.S. Trade Policy and the Japanese Patent System

U.S. Trade Policy and the Japanese Patent System by Robert J. Girouard Working Paper 89 August 1996 Generous support for the BRIE Working Paper Series comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Robert Girouard is a Presidential Management Intern and Federal Retirement Benefits Specialist with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Mr. Girouard received his M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1995, and his B.A. in History from Carleton College in 1990. He has previously served as Issues Coordinator of the Senior Executives Association in Washington, DC, and has published articles on Federal personnel policy. This BRIE Working Paper was prepared under a research assistantship with the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and funded by a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Department of Defense (grant number DODI-FDF 49620- 92-J-0539). This paper was completed prior to Mr. Girouard's Federal appointment and is not intended to represent the views of the U.S. government. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Background on the U.S. Trade Policy Debate over the Japanese Patent System 2. Government Response to Allegations by U.S. Firms 3. Bilateral Efforts to Reduce Trade Friction Through Patent Harmonization 4. Pitfalls of Patent Harmonization for U.S. Industry 5. Statement of Purpose 6. Research Outline 1. Industrial Policy in the Japanese Patent System 7. Introduction