ipr owners have a right about voluntary transfer but sometimes intellectual property right transfer by force and thus, there are challenge that this article regard for its. ipr shall be devolved to their legitimate heirs after their death unless, owner indicate otherwise in their wills. the heirs have the exclusive right to exercise economic and moral rights, they decide upon publication of the...

This paper presents a panel study of yield developments in the eight main crops over the period from 1961 to 1999 and shows that for most crops, there is absolute convergence to developed-country levels over that time period. Where convergence fails to occur, this can be explained by the exceptionally low rate of diffusion of innovations from developed to developing countries for some crops. We...

Abstract Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become increasingly important for firms in today’s knowledge-based economy, as evidenced by the strong growth their use. The vital role of IPRs has motivated research into association with firm performance. However, few firm-level studies been conducted developing countries. Moreover, empirical on use IPR bundles and economic performance are sca...

Article history: Received 10 September 2012 Received in revised form 19 March 2013 Accepted 5 April 2013 Available online xxxx This paper analyzes firms' decisions to seek intellectual property rights in global markets, particularly in China.We introduce the notion of a ‘quadic patent,’ defined as a patent family that consists of patent applications filed at the European Patent Office, the Japa...

Massive piracy and counterfeiting has been the subject of a perennial dispute between China and the United States. Although China‘s accession to the World Trade Organization (―WTO‖) has provided the United States with a new weapon in its arsenal—the mandatory dispute settlement process—the recent panel decision on China—Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property ...

We focus on downstream uses that combine multiple intellectual property rights and examine the e¤ects of introducing an intellectual property clearinghouse. We identify the two sometimes con‡icting function of clearinhouses: transaction costs reduction and coordination. We show that reduction in transaction costs causes licensors to increase royalties in some cases and makes them worse o¤ due t...