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Frameworks for Analysing African Innovation : Entrepreneurship, the Informal Economy and Intellectual Property
de Beer, Jeremy; Sowa, Izabella; Holman, Kristen - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133255
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The Politics of Intellectual Property Reform in Developing Countries : The Relevance of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Deere Birkbeck, Carolyn - 2014
Despite the emphasis of international IP treaties, such as the TRIPS Agreement, on common minimum IP standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071117
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Reforming Governance to Advance the WIPO Development Agenda
Deere Birkbeck, Carolyn - 2009
The success of the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Development Agenda will depend upon reforms to the agency's governance. At the 2007 WIPO General Assemblies, several of the recommendations on the Development Agenda adopted by member states specifically alluded to the need for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765431
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Defining WIPO's Development Agenda
de Beer, Jeremy - 2015
How can WIPO's Development Agenda be better defined, and who has the power to define it? Is there a unifying principle or set of principles animating the clusters of recommendations that formally constitute the agenda? If so, how might a principled definition inform and guide implementation?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133248
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Open Minds : Lessons on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development from Nigeria
de Beer, Jeremy; Oguamanam, Chidi - 2015
IP systems that drive innovation, economic growth, and human freedom. A holistic appreciation of not just laws and … policies, but also practices related to IP and innovation will help developing countries design appropriate, context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133251
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The valuation of moral rights : a field experiment
Bechtold, Stefan; Engel, Christoph - 2017
U.S. intellectual property law is firmly rooted in utilitarian principles. Copyright law is viewed as a means to give proper monetary incentives to authors for their creative effort. Many European copyright systems pursue additional goals: Authors have the right to be named as author, to control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631739
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Copyright's Hand Abstractions Test for Patent's Section 101 Subject-Matter Eligibility
Carter, Mark R. - 2018
Since the Federal Circuit’s 2007 In re Bilski decision and the Supreme Court’s 2008 Bilski v. Kappos decision, patent law’s subject-matter eligibility standard under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been uncertain. This paper posits patent law's patent-ineligible abstract ideas are science concepts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156915
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Vanquish Copyright Pirates, Patent Trolls, and Content Counterfeiters : Protecting Intellectual Property Through Legislative Change
Thomas, Robert E.; Aceves, Cassandra - 2013
The United States has gone from a net – and frequently illegal – importer of intellectual property (IP) to the World’s biggest IP supplier in a historically short time. During the past quarter century, IP holders have teamed with government entities to support international initiatives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014161916
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Copyright Protection and Creativity Promotion : Evidence from Short Video Industry
Huang, Jinglei; Hao, Fei; Rong, Ke; Xie, Danxia - 2022
) stimulates innovation, especially in the digital era. And due to the lack of exogenous variation of copyright statute, solid … during 2019-2020 on one of the leading short video platforms, we find support for the innovation promotion effect, the … innovation promotion effect is heterogeneous for short videos with different themes and is partially attributed to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081160
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Fighting software piracy in Africa : how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410192