Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch-Up

An International Comparative Study
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-957475-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Shows how intelleuctual property rights regimes are crucial to economic development
In-depth case studies of 11 countries, from developed to emerging economies
Provides a comparative study of the evolution of intellectual property rights laws
Contributions from international experts on innovation systems
Inter-disciplinary appeal across Business, Economics, Law, and Politics

For most countries, economic development involves a process of 'catching up' with leading countries at the time. This is never achieved solely by physical assets and labour alone: also needed are the accumulation of technological capabilities, educational attainment, entrepreneurship, and the development of the necessary institutional infrastructure.

One element of this infrastructure is the regime of intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents. Patents may promote innovation and catch up, and they may foster formal technology transfer. Yet they may also prove to be barriers for developing countries that intend to acquire technologies through imitation and reverse engineering. The current move to harmonize the IPR system internationally, such as the TRIPS agreement, may thus have unexpected consequences for developing countries.

This book explores these issues through an in depth study of eleven countries ranging from early developers (the USA, Nordic Countries and Japan), and Post World War 2 countries (Korea, Taiwan, Israel) to more recent emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, India and Thailand).

With contributions from international experts on innovation systems, this book will be an invaluable resource for academics and policymakers in the fields of economic development, innovation studies and intellectual property laws.

Zielgruppe

Academics and researchers of Economic Development, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Rights; Policy makers concerned with international economic development, patents, and intellectual property rights

Autoren/Hrsg.

Odagiri, Hiroyuki

Goto, Akira

Sunami, Atsushi

Nelson, Richard R.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Akira Goto, Atsushi Sunami, and Richard R. Nelson: Introduction
Part I: Early Developing Countries
2: David C. Mowery: IPR and US Economic Catch-Up
3: Kristine Bruland: Knowledge Flows and Catching-Up Industrialization in the Nordic Countries: The Roles of Patent Systems
4: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Akira Goto, and Atsushi Sunami: Catch-Up Process in Japan and the IPR System
Part II: Post-World War II Developing Countries
5: Keun Lee and Yee Kyoung Kim: IPR and Technological Catch-Up in Korea
6: H. L. Wu, Y. C. Chiu, and T. L. Lee: IPRs Regime and Catch-Up: The Taiwanese Experience
7: Meir Pugatch, Morris Teubal, and Odeda Zlotnick: Israel's High Tech Catch-Up Process: The Role of IPR and Other Policies
Part III: Latin America
8: Andres Lopez: Innovation and IPR in a Catch-Up-Falling-Behind Process: The Argentine Case
9: Roberto Mazzoleni and Luciano Martins Costa Povoa: Accumulation of Technological Capabilities and Economic Development: Did Brazil's IPR Regime Matter?
Part IV: Asia
10: Lan Xue and Zheng Liang: Relationships between IPR and Technology Catch-Up: Some Evidences from China
11: Bhaven N. Sampat: The Accumulation of Capabilities in Indian Pharmaceuticals and Software: The Roles that Patents Did (and Did Not) Play
12: Patarapong Intarakamnerd and Peera Charoenporn: The Roles of IPR Regime on Thailand's Technological Catching-Up
13: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Akira Goto, Atsushi Sunami, and Richard R. Nelson: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Hiroyuki Odagiri, Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University, Tokyo, Akira Goto, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Atsushi Sunami, Director of Science and Technology Policy Program and Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Columbia University, and Visiting Professor, University of Manchester

Contributors:
Kristine Bruland, University of Oslo, Norway,
Peera Charoenporn, Thammasat University, Thailand,
Y. C. Chiu, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan,
Akira Goto, University of Tokyo,
Patarapong Intarakamnerd, Thammasat University, Thailand,
Yee Kyoung Kim, Seoul National University, Korea,
Keun Lee, Seoul National University, Korea,
T. L. Lee, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan,
Zheng Liang, Tsinghua University, China,
Andres Lopez, CENIT and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Roberto Mazzoleni, Hofstra University, USA,
David C. Mowery, University of California, Berkeley, USA,
Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University and the University of Manchester,
Hiroyuki Odagiri, Hitotsubashi University,
Luciano Martins Costa Povoa, Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Brazil,
Meir Pugatch, University of Haifa, Israel,
Bhaven N. Sampat, Columbia University, USA,
Atsushi Sunami, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,
Morris Teubal, Hebrew University, Israel,
H. L. Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan,
Lan Xue, Tsinghua University, China,
Odeda Zlotnick, Hebrew University, Israel.