Innovativeness and the design of intellectual property rights in preferential trade agreements: A refinement of the North–South explanation

In this paper, we report on the results of a study conducted at New York University Abu Dhabi in the fall of 2013. Our goal in the study was to gain a global college student perspective on issues related to intellectual property, including copyright and plagiarism. We found that, contrary to popular opinion, most of our students have a solid understanding of the nature of intellectual property rights, as interpreted within the North American higher education community. In addition, the majority of our students view violations of intellectual property rights and norms, such as plagiarism, negatively.

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The dialogue between the intellectual property provisions in preferential trade agreements and the Brazilian legal framework

10.11606/d.2.2018.tde-08102020-222821 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alebe Linhares Mesquita

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Trade Agreements ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Preferential Trade Agreements ◽

Preferential Trade

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The Effects of Trade Agreements on Imports of Biologics: Evidence from Chile

Journal of Globalization and Development ◽

10.1515/jgd-2019-0030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Danielle Trachtenberg ◽

Warren A. Kaplan ◽

Veronika J. Wirtz ◽

Kevin P. Gallagher

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Free Trade ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Universal Access ◽

Free Trade Agreements ◽

Trade Agreements ◽

Unit Value ◽

Volume Unit

AbstractThis paper develops new indicators that measure the strength of intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions in Chile’s free trade agreements (FTAs). We use these new indicators to examine the extent to which FTAs with strong IPR provisions impact the volume, unit value and overall value of imported biologic medicines into Chile. We find that FTAs with more stringent IPR provisions increase both the volume and the unit value of imported biologics, suggesting greater availability of imported biologics at a higher price. Further research, however, is necessary to determine whether the increases in volume and unit prices of imports lead to greater universal access to biologics or greater inequity in access to these medicines.

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Implementing globally desirable intellectual property rights in the emerging South

Journal of Economic Studies ◽

10.1108/jes-12-2016-0263 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 1224-1241

Author(s):

Darong Dai

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Growth Model ◽

Content Type ◽

Degree Of Protection ◽

The North ◽

The Right ◽

North And South ◽

Ipr Protection

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use a variety-expanding growth model embedded in the North–South framework to study the implementation of globally desirable protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the emerging South. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a variety-expanding growth model with innovation-led economic growth in both North and South. As usual, imitations targeted equally at Northern and Southern innovations only occur in the South, and the authors focus on the design of Southern IPR protection. Findings Welfare-maximizing degrees of Southern IPR protection are explicitly derived for both North and South. There tends to exist a North–South conflict on the right degree of protection. To resolve this conflict, the Southern government can grant appropriate subsides to support domestic innovators. The authors derive the right rate of innovation subsidies such that the conflict is resolved. Originality/value This paper represents the first attempt to deal with the North–South conflict on the degree of Southern IPR protection within the variety-expanding growth model. And the novel perspective is to relax the North–South tension on IPR protection via additionally implementing an appropriate innovation subsidy policy.

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