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Countries face a new threat that strikes at their ability to balance protection of intellectual property rights against other priorities, such as public health. They may have to pay substantial compensation to companies that dislike domestic intellectual property laws. This threat is much more...
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unduly tax and retard innovation, competition, and economic growth. The popular response has been to seek a legislative shift … liability rule treatment can seriously impede the beneficial deal-making mechanisms that facilitate innovation and competition …
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This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks to understand and measure innovation, and then outlines links between … innovation and the concepts of entrepreneurship, the informal economy (IE) and intellectual property (IP). The review suggests … that the time is ripe for African policy-makers to seek more holistic approaches to facilitating innovation and, in turn …
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Globalization is the result of a combination of factors. The role of technology is a fundamental feature in shaping what globalization is and what it means for society as a whole. At the same time, important societal values are directly or indirectly affected by the global expansion of world...
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This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in...
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matter" approach facilitates the ex ante coordination necessary to promote innovation through the commercialization of the …
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This is the introduction to a book that explains and interprets important international agreements, beginning with the landmark Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS), but also including more recent free trade agreements and the pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...
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lives, depends on innovation and creativity. While various economic, technological, social and other factors influence … appropriation mechanisms – play an increasingly important role. How IP rights help or hinder innovation and creativity in different … contexts in Africa is the subject of this book.This chapter canvasses aspects of the current reality of IP in the four main …
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Illegal downloading of copyright materials by end-users had its heyday in the early 2000s, with music, television, and film studios desperately searching for a way to curb the tide of sharing. This chapter uses the example of Capitol Records v Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the first file-sharing case to...
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Intellectual property is traditionally split into three main segments that of copyright, patents and trademarks. In theory, each category of intellectual creations should belong in only one segment of the system and only to the extent authorized by relevant statutory provisions or judicial...
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