This chapter surveys the literature on international trade and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in … the global economy. The discussion is organized around the major questions in the field. How does openness to trade affect … national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given …

their long product lifetime seek strong patent protection by home government. To test the theory, I measure product cycles …, using millions of patent citations, and collect lobbying reports filed on US trade agreements on patent protection, signed … patent protection. The results illustrate how the winners maintain the status quo in international trade …

environmental externalities. A model of monopolistic competition inspired by the recent trade literature shows that the profits … of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … efficient power technologies for 13 top innovating countries and 40 patenting authorities. We improve on previous contributions …

Incentivizing innovation through buyouts may alleviate the social costs associated with patent power, but the political … setting of countries with different innovation and financing capabilities, and where financing governments rely on taxes to …

world with two heterogeneous countries featuring different sizes and innovation capacities. Moving to an international …The literature on patent buyouts has focused on single-economy settings, where buyouts are welfare improving relative … system of global patent protection paired with domestic price subsidies, and only intersovereign transfers can achieve a …

“manufacturing for export exception” to patent protection. The proposed exception permits the manufacturing of goods protected by … destined for exportation to off-patent markets. Seuba et al. argue that the utility of this proposed exception derives from … proposed manufacturing-for-export exception to patent protection would violate Article 28.1 of the TRIPS Agreement, with such …