Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy - Softcover

Maskus, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881322822 ISBN 13: 9780881322828

Publisher: Peterson Inst Int Economics, 2000

Synopsis

Over the past 15 years, 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. At the multilateral level, the successful conclusion of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) in the World Trade Organization elevates the protection and enforcement of IPRs to the level of solemn international commitment. In the first comprehensive economic assessment of the effects of stronger international IPRs, Keith E. Maskus analyzes the economic effects of extended international protection and partial harmonization of IPRs. He presents findings on the potential effects of stronger global IPRs, including likely impacts on foreign direct investment, technology transfer, and pricing under enhanced market power. The results bear directly on several important policy questions, including the construction of complementary initiatives on market liberalization and competition rules, and Maskus discusses whether priority attention should be devoted to them in the upcoming next round of global trade talks.

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About the Author

Keith E. Maskus, visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is professor of economics and associate dean for social sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a fellow at the Kiel Institute for World Economics and an adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide. He is author of Private Rights and Public Problems: The Global Economics of Intellectual Property in the 21st Century (2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Peterson Inst Int Economics
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881322822
• ISBN 13: 9780881322828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296