The idea behind patent policies is to increase the output of commercially useful innovations by creating a transitory … types of considerations need to be addressed. First, there are issues of designing an appropriate patent system. This … intellectual property rights. Second, and more fundamentally, the investments that patent incentives trigger in research and …

, functioning patent system capable of attracting foreign direct investment, motivating domestic innovation and education, and …The decade following India's accession to the World Trade Organization's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property … ushered in numerous changes to the country's patent system, culminating in a series of amendments in 2005. But a functioning …

Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright …

markets. Based on a review of World Intellectual Property Report indicators, the patent ownership gap between a sample of …This paper outlines and evaluates several intellectual property monetization strategies available to patent holders in … developing countries that help generate domestic innovation and knowledge-driven growth by promoting more active technology …

relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the …

What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …