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consumption by using copyright law or technological restraints. Licensing the software under proprietary license terms makes of it …
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creativity (focusing on patent, trade secret, and copyright protection) and protecting integrity of the commercial marketplace … copyright law and direct consumer protection statutes and public enforcement in the case of trademarks). …
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This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German states, Prussia granted patents more restrictively by...
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Policymakers all over the world claim: no innovation without protection. For more than a century, critics have objected that the case for intellectual property is far from clear. This paper uses a game theoretic model to organise the debate. It is possible to model innovation as a prisoner's...
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This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German states, Prussia granted patents more restrictively by...
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Human development, including not just economic growth but also the capability for longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives, depends on innovation and creativity. While various economic, technological, social and other factors influence innovative and creative activity, intellectual property...
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Accounts of the ‘copyright industries' suggest that strong intellectual property rights help creative firms. However …
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of its IP negative status, with particular emphasis on copyright. This article considers the historical denial of … copyright protection for typefaces in the United States, and examines arguments both for and against extending copyright … protection to digital typefaces. It compares copyright law with alternative methods of protection for digital typefaces. It also …
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copyright protection – will disrupt cultural supply. The empirical findings of this study suggest that this concern is not … conventional economic analysis of digital copying. They also deflate the case for additional public expenditure on copyright …
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