Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer

Author : Lee Branstetter,Raymond Fisman,C. Fritz Foley
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Intellectual property
ISBN : 9780040917155

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Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? by Lee Branstetter,Raymond Fisman,C. Fritz Foley Pdf

One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers of technology between countries. Branstetter, Fisman, and Foley examine how technology transfer among U.S. multinational firms changes in response to a series of IPR reforms undertaken by 12 countries over the 1982-99 period. Their analysis of detailed firm-level data reveal that royalty payments for intangibles transferred to affiliates increase at the time of reforms, as do affiliate research and development (R & D) expenditures and total levels of foreign patent applications. Increases in royalty payments and R & D expenditures are more than 20 percent larger among affiliates of parent companies that use U.S. patents more extensively prior to reform and therefore are expected to value IPR reform most. This paper--a product of Trade, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the global impact of stronger intellectual property rights.

Author : Lee G. Branstetter,Raymond Fisman,C. Fritz Foley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931678816

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Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data by Lee G. Branstetter,Raymond Fisman,C. Fritz Foley Pdf

One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers of technology between countries. The paper examines how technology transfer among U.S. multinational firms changes in response to a series of IPR reforms undertaken by 12 countries over the 1982-99 period. The analysis of detailed firm-level data reveal that royalty payments for intangibles transferred to affiliates increase at the time of reforms, as do affiliate research and development (R&D) expenditures and total levels of foreign patent applications. Increases in royalty payments and R&D expenditures are more than 20 percent larger among affiliates of parent companies that use U.S. patents more extensively prior to reform and therefore are expected to value IPR reform most.

Author : Lee Branstetter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290705976

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Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data by Lee Branstetter Pdf

One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers of technology between countries. Branstetter, Fisman, and Foley examine how technology transfer among U.S. multinational firms changes in response to a series of IPR reforms undertaken by 12 countries over the 1982-99 period. Their analysis of detailed firm-level data reveal that royalty payments for intangibles transferred to affiliates increase at the time of reforms, as do affiliate research and development (Ramp;D) expenditures and total levels of foreign patent applications. Increases in royalty payments and Ramp;D expenditures are more than 20 percent larger among affiliates of parent companies that use U.S. patents more extensively prior to reform and therefore are expected to value IPR reform most. This paper - a product of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the global impact of stronger intellectual property rights.

Author : Keith Eugene Maskus
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Intellectual property
ISBN : 088132597X

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy by Keith Eugene Maskus Pdf

Author : Keith E. Maskus
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849505390

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Intellectual Property, Growth and Trade by Keith E. Maskus Pdf

Offers comprehensive and analytical literature surveys of the central questions regarding the linkages between intellectual property protection, international trade and investment, and economic growth. This book covers such questions as policy coordination in IPR, dispute resolution, and markets for technology and technology transfer.

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309048330

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Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs Pdf

As technological developments multiply around the globeâ€"even as the patenting of human genes comes under serious discussionâ€"nations, companies, and researchers find themselves in conflict over intellectual property rights (IPRs). Now, an international group of experts presents the first multidisciplinary look at IPRs in an age of explosive growth in science and technology. This thought-provoking volume offers an update on current international IPR negotiations and includes case studies on software, computer chips, optoelectronics, and biotechnologyâ€"areas characterized by high development cost and easy reproducibility. The volume covers these and other issues: Modern economic theory as a basis for approaching international IPRs. U.S. intellectual property practices versus those in Japan, India, the European Community, and the developing and newly industrializing countries. Trends in science and technology and how they affect IPRs. Pros and cons of a uniform international IPRs regime versus a system reflecting national differences.

Author : A. Inzelt,Jan Hilton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780792356226

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Technology Transfer: From Invention to Innovation by A. Inzelt,Jan Hilton Pdf

Technology transfer has expanded rapidly over the past 20 years in Western Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. It has been estimated that some 50% of new products and processes will originate outside the primary developer; academic and other research institutions are obvious sources of much of this new technology. In the NATO Co-operating countries, however, technology transfer is in its infancy; it is crucial for wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life that this mechanism is developed. The papers selected for inclusion in this book discuss issues related to the development of technology transfer in NATO Co-operating countries. The book identifies crucial research issues for science and technology policy researchers and, as a conclusion, offers some policy recommendations. The authors are drawn from NATO and Co-operating partner countries, from other parts of the world, and from international organisations. The focus of the book is on the institutional framework of knowledge and technology transfer; intellectual property rights as sources of information and tools for co-operation; international, national and regional aspects of knowledge and technology dissemination and diffusion; and networking. Audience: Academic institutions, research institutes, intellectual property practitioners, science and technology policy makers, technology transfer managers, high-tech industries.

Author : Keith E. Maskus,Carsten Fink
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0821383485

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Intellectual Property and Development by Keith E. Maskus,Carsten Fink Pdf

International policies toward protecting intellectual property rights have seen profound changes over the past two decades. Rules on how to protect patents, copyright, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property have become a standard component of international trade agreements. Most significantly, during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986-94), members of what is today the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which sets out minimum standards of protection that most of the world's economies have to respect. How will developing countries fare in this new international environment? Intellectual Property and Development brings together empirical research that assesses the effects of changing intellectual property regimes on various measures of economic and social performance - ranging from international trade, foreign investment and competition, to innovation and access to new technologies. The studies presented point to an important development dimension to the protection of intellectual property. But a one-size fits all approach to intellectual property is unlikely to work. There is need to adjust intellectual property norms to domestic needs, taking into account developing countries' capacity to innovate, technological needs, and institutional capabilities. In addition, governments need to consider a range of complementary policies to maximize the benefits and reduce the costs of reformed intellectual property regulations. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international law, particularly in the area of intellectual property rights, international trade, and public policy.

Author : Pluvia Zuniga,World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The State of Patenting at Research Institutions in Developing Countries: Policy Approaches and Practices by Pluvia Zuniga,World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

This study discusses the opportunities and challenges offered by patents to foster technology transfer from government funded research institutions in developing countries. It presents a review of policy frameworks and recent policy changes aimed to foster academic patenting and technology transfer in low- and middle-income countries. It then analyzes patenting activities by universities and public research organizations and compares these trends with respect to high-income countries. This analysis is complemented with an assessment of the current state of patenting and technology commercialization practices in a selected group of technology transfer offices.

Author : Kamal Saggi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Attributes
ISBN : 9781706080978

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Trade, foreign direct investment, and international technology transfer : a survey by Kamal Saggi Pdf

Abstract: May 2000 - How much a developing country can take advantage of technology transfer from foreign direct investment depends partly on how well educated and well trained its workforce is, how much it is willing to invest in research and development, and how much protection it offers for intellectual property rights. Saggi surveys the literature on trade and foreign direct investment - especially wholly owned subsidiaries of multinational firms and international joint ventures - as channels for technology transfer. He also discusses licensing and other arm's-length channels of technology transfer. He concludes: How trade encourages growth depends on whether knowledge spillover is national or international. Spillover is more likely to be national for developing countries than for industrial countries; Local policy often makes pure foreign direct investment infeasible, so foreign firms choose licensing or joint ventures. The jury is still out on whether licensing or joint ventures lead to more learning by local firms; Policies designed to attract foreign direct investment are proliferating. Several plant-level studies have failed to find positive spillover from foreign direct investment to firms competing directly with subsidiaries of multinationals. (However, these studies treat foreign direct investment as exogenous and assume spillover to be horizontal - when it may be vertical.) All such studies do find the subsidiaries of multinationals to be more productive than domestic firms, so foreign direct investment does result in host countries using resources more effectively; Absorptive capacity in the host country is essential for getting significant benefits from foreign direct investment. Without adequate human capital or investments in research and development, spillover fails to materialize; A country's policy on protection of intellectual property rights affects the type of industry it attracts. Firms for which such rights are crucial (such as pharmaceutical firms) are unlikely to invest directly in countries where such protections are weak, or will not invest in manufacturing and research and development activities. Policy on intellectual property rights also influences whether technology transfer comes through licensing, joint ventures, or the establishment of wholly owned subsidiaries. This paper - a product of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to study microfoundations of international technology diffusion. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Microfoundations of International Technology Diffusion. The author may be contacted at [email protected].

Author : Jacob H. Rooksby
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788116633

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Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer by Jacob H. Rooksby Pdf

Written by leading experts from across the world, this Handbook expertly places intellectual property issues in technology transfer into their historical and political context whilst also exploring and framing the development of these intersecting domains for innovative universities in the present and the future.

Author : Kamal Saggi
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Intellectual property
ISBN : 981323301X

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Technology Transfer, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Protection of Intellectual Property in the Global Economy by Kamal Saggi Pdf

This volume collects 30 papers covering channels of international technology transfer; multinational firms, market structure, and welfare; intellectual property rights, foreign direct investment, and innovation; flexibilities contained in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); exhaustion of intellectual property rights and compulsory licensing of patents; trade, foreign direct investment, and industrial policy; and oligopolistic competition, research and development, and vertical contracts.

Author : Edwin Mansfield
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Corporations
ISBN : UCSD:31822016868994

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Intellectual Property Protection, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Transfer by Edwin Mansfield Pdf

Author : Kamal Saggi
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0850927951

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International Technology Transfer to Developing Countries by Kamal Saggi Pdf

Bridging the technology gap is an issue faced by most countries, but in developing countries the issue is doubly critical. Not only do they lag further behind relative to other countries but they also face more stringent resource constraints. This title provides a through overview of the economics of ITT relevant to developing countries and will be invaluable as a reference tool for policy makers, trade officials and trade negotiators.Part One identifies the role played by existing policy in trade, foreign direct investment and intellectual property rights in facilitating International Technology Transfer (ITT). Pertinent analysis of the major implications of the report is given.The WTO Working Group on Trade and Technology Transfer was established with the aim of encouraging technology transfer to developing countries. Part Two outlines the Group's findings for increasing flows of technology.

Author : James Andrew Lewis
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 0892065125

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Intellectual Property Protection by James Andrew Lewis Pdf

A report of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program.