I analyze the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries through its impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and cooperation are introduced to the strategic IPR literature. In a North-South framework, the Southern government sets the IPR policy strategically by anticipating the Northern firm’s decision on...

OBJECTIVE The threat of non-communicable diseases ("NCDs") is increasingly becoming a global health crisis and are pervasive in high, middle, and low-income populations resulting in an estimated 36 million deaths per year. There is a need to assess intellectual property rights ("IPRs") that may impede generic production and availability and affordability to essential NCD medicines. METHODS Us...

The impacts of the New Economy are not limited only to recently developed technologies, but involve new opportunities for more “traditional” technologies to develop. Knowledge-based industries, and information technologies in particular, hold both promises and threats in many fields. However, as technical know-how is both an input to and an output of knowledge-based industries, IPR regimes may ...

The paper analyses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled systems can be brought into the Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem. It dwells upon question of AI- IP interface from three perspectives, viz., (a) AI as a technology to manage IPRs, (b) rights an obstacle transparency and, (c) patents well copyrights legal that foster AI. three-step test for obtaining patent- novelty, inventive step ...

Examining the technology opportunities of patent search engine throughtechnology assessment can help companies determine appropriate directionof further development to open-up business in future.This paper aims conduct a on enginetechnology understand trends development. Thisstudy used qualitative research methodology with descriptive analysis accordingto literature studies and analysis. Innogr...

One field that is loaded with IPRs Traditional Knowledge. knowledge (traditional knowlegde) included in the scope of intellectual work originating from ideas, or discoveries community groups a country. As time goes on, it important Knowledge be protected. Especially protection IPR laws against traditional itself. Legal This fact not only done developing countries but also developed countries. I...

Prior research shows that trademarks positively relate to startups' growth and survival. However, empirical evidence on the impact of intellectual property rights (IPRs), especially trademarks, development social hybrid outcomes is limited. Our study aims fill this gap by investigating how early trademarking relates sustainability economic startups. Based a sample 485 startups from Germany, we ...