Private rights and public problems : the global economics of intellectual property in the 21st century /

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Intellectual property rights (IPRs)-patents, copyrights, and trademarks-have moved from an arcane area of legal analysis and a policy backwater to the forefront of global economic policymaking. Apple and Samsung's patent battle illustrates the importance of IPRs and how they impact everyone. Pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maskus, Keith E. (Keith Eugene)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012.
Subjects:
Intellectual property > Economic aspects.
Propriété intellectuelle > Aspect économique.
LAW > Business & Financial.
LAW > Intellectual Property > General.
Intellectual property > Economic aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ch 1. Introduction: The Big Stakes in Selling Knowledge
  • The Ever-Elusive Balance
  • The Policy Landscape
  • Four Ideas to Improve the Global System Today
  • Organization of the Book
  • Ch 2. The Big Global Upgrade: Is It Working?
  • How the Situation Has Changed
  • Intellectual Property Right Reforms and Innovation
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer
  • Country Experiences and “Catching Upâ€? with Intellectual Property Rights
  • Summary
  • Ch 3. Global Governance
  • TRIPS Finishes Its Test RideThe World Intellectual Property Organization Does Its Part
  • When TRIPS Is Not Enough
  • A Powerful Pushback
  • The New Enforcement Emphasis
  • Summary
  • Ch 4. Regulating a Stressed System
  • Cleanup in Aisle Global Patent
  • The Standards Question
  • Exhaustion: Your Price or Mine?
  • Geography Made Delicious
  • Digital Dilemmas
  • Enforcement Economics
  • Summary
  • Ch 5. Intellectual Property Rights and Global Policy Challenges
  • Intellectual Property Rights, Policy Space, and Development
  • Patent Problems and Progress in Public HealthTechnology Transfer and Climate Change
  • Agriculture and Genetic Resources
  • Trading in Traditions
  • Summary
  • Ch 6. Revitalizing a Tired System
  • Pressures to Move On
  • Extending the Long and Strained TRIPS?
  • Reaching for Balance beyond the World Trade Organization
  • Future Vision
  • A Final Observation
  • References
  • Index

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