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Would global patent protection be too weak without international coordination?

Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Yan, Isabel K.M. - In: Journal of International Economics 89 (2013) 1, pp. 42-54

In the standard model with free trade and social-welfare-maximizing governments à la Grossman and Lai (2004), cross-border positive policy externalities result in countries choosing a combination of patent strengths that is weaker than optimal from a global perspective. This paper introduces...

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The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties

Scotchmer, Suzanne - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 2001

Intellectual property treaties have two main types of provisions: national treatment of foreign inventors, and harmonization of protections. I characterize the circumstances in which countries would want to treat foreign inventors the same as national inventors. I then argue that national...

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Protection of Geographical Indications: An Overview of Select Issues with Particular Reference to India

Das, Kasturi - eSocialSciences - 2007

particular focus on India. The negotiating history of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in search of … (WTO) negotiations on GI to date. The Indian GI Act in light of the TRIPS provisions is analysed, portrays the current …

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Estimating the Effects of Global Patent Protection in Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study of Quinolones in India

Chaudhuri, Shubham; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Jia, Panle - eSocialSciences - 2006

In the context of the TRIPS agreement and the accompanying debate about the merits of the requirement to enforce …

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The Use of Flexibilities in TRIPS by Developing Countries: Can They Promot Access to Medicines?

Musungu, Sisule F.; Oh, Cecilia - eSocialSciences - 2008

TRIPS have been incorporated into the legislation of developing countries and the extent of the actual use for public health …

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Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines

Onori, Andrea - eSocialSciences - 2007

This report analyzes the ITRIPS agreement. It discuses the problems and stakes, and consequences of this agreement. The report also provides case studies related to the topic and finally gives a suggestive conclusion.

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Vietnam's Intellectual Property Landscape from a Regional Perspective

Heo, Yoon; Kien, Tran N. - In: International Area Studies Review 14 (2011) 1, pp. 73-104

-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The study reveals major stylized facts of Vietnam's intellectual property (IP …

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Demanding Stronger Protection for Geographical Indications: The Relationship between Local Knowledge, Information and Reputation

Rangnekar, Dwijen - United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies - 2004

Unlike patents and intellectual property rights in plant genetic material, TRIPs negotiations concerning geographical … indications have not entered wider public imagination. However, TRIPs negotiations in this area have been and continue to be … the TRIPs Council: the comparison between Article 22 and Article 23. It presents a theoretical basis for analysing the …

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Geographical Indications in Progress…Do Latin America Countries Represent a Third Path of Development?

Sidali, Katia Laura; Granja, Nelson; Monteros, Alvaro; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2015

Geographical Indications (GIs) are names of regions, specific places or, in exceptional cases, countries, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff (EC 510/2006, Art. 2). They have received much attention in the last years not only at the European level, where they stem from, but...

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TRIPS and the pharmaceutical industry: Prescription for profit?

Moerman, L. C.; van der Laan, S. L. - 2006

The impact of global patent regulation in the form of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement has far reaching effects for the … pharmaceutical research and development agenda, such as ‘neglected diseases’. The terms and global nature of the TRIPS Agreement … health issues. The adoption of TRIPS presents significant challenges and opportunities in an era of globalisation for both …

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