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Regulating the Collective Exploitation of Copyright

Thorpe, Jeremy - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 3, pp. 317-329

Collective enforcement of copyright law is an increasingly important element in copyright-based industries. This … article suggests that collective enforcement creates two forces: increased compliance with copyright laws; and a tendency for … copyright collecting societies to act as monopolists. The interaction of these forces is discussed and the price and output …

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Harmonisation or differentiation in intellectual property protection? The lessons of history

Dutfield, Graham; Suthersanen, Uma - In: Prometheus 23 (2005) 2, pp. 131-147

preventing other countries from adopting appropriate patent and copyright standards for their levels of development. Developed …

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Property and intellectual property: foundations in law and economics

C. W. Maughan† - In: Prometheus 22 (2004) 4, pp. 379-391

monopolisation of knowledge). A tentative conclusion is drawn that such a policy may well involve weakening present copyright and … patent rights, and treating copyright and patents as if they were more analogous to trademarks. Alternatives might be to …

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Extending the Knowledge-based View: An Examination of Intellectual Property Strategies in Australian Biotechnology Firms

Clarke, Jayne; Turner, Paul - In: Prometheus 21 (2003) 1, pp. 85-100

Knowledge management (KM) approaches have developed traditionally from the knowledge-based view (KBV), a derivative of the resource-based view (RBV). Drawing on the relational and industry structure views, this paper presents a framework for analysing knowledge management practices in the...

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Pharmaceuticals, intellectual property and free trade: the case of the US-Australia free trade agreement

Drahos, Peter; Lokuge, Buddhima; Faunce, Tom; Goddard, … - In: Prometheus 22 (2004) 3, pp. 243-257

Australia did poorly in several key areas of the recently completed free trade agreement with the US. It failed to insulate the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from significant change, and conceded to increased intellectual property standards. The PBS, as a system of effective bargaining...

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The Venetian Moment: New Technologies, Legal Innovation and the Institutional Origins of Intellectual Property

May, Christopher - In: Prometheus 20 (2002) 2, pp. 159-179

The role of the Venetian republic in the history of intellectual property is not well known although the innovations which were later codified into law by the British Crown, and which are usually regarded as heralding the age of intellectual property, were first developed a century before in...

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Technology Paradigms and the Innovation—Appropriation Interface: An Examination of the Nature and Scope of Plant Breeders' Rights

RANGNEKAR, DWIJEN - In: Prometheus 17 (1999) 2, pp. 125-138

Technological change is crucial for the continued socio-economic development of a country. A number of factors underpin a society's ability to foster continuous technological change, one of which is necessarily the conditions for appropriability. These have become increasingly important since...

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TRIPS, Cultural Politics and Law Reform

Sutherland, Johanna - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 3, pp. 291-303

This article examines the intensification of inter-'national' and international cultural contestations over intellectual property rights (IPRs). Examples are given of disputes over biological materials and their commercial use in biotechnology and natural products, and concepts of culture,...

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Intellectual Property Rights Protection and International Trade: An Economic Survey

Hall, Peter - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 3, pp. 261-273

Intellectual properly right (IPR) protection provides incentives for innovation and consequent spillover benefits for the global economy, but it may also have anti-competitive effects. Economic theory has only recently addressed the international trade flow implications of different IPR...

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Competition over Competition Policy for International Trade and Intellectual Property

Arup, Christoper - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 3, pp. 367-381

Increasingly, international trade law demands that national competition policy play a role making domestic markets more accessible to foreign traders. But can international competition policy also control transnational business practices? New international intellectual property power is...

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