Intellectual Property And Economic Development - 9780367015671

Taylor & Francis

In this book the author seeks to remedy the weakness of the relation between intellectual property protection and innovation in developing countries. >  Speaking very roughly, countries with advanced economies tend to be those displaying intellectual property protection systems in which the public has a basic degree of confidence. Those systems, when they are thought about at all rather than taken for granted, are thought of as reasonably effective in safeguarding innovation and creative expressio > Intellectual Property Protection as Infrastructure -- What Intellectual Property Is -- How Intellectual Property Works -- Intellectual Property and Economics -- Case Materials From Brazil and Mexico -- Reflections on the Case Materials -- The Myths of Weak Protection -- The Cost of Protection -- Protection: Powerful Development Tool -- Appendixes