Private Rights and Public Problems

Keith E Maskus

ISBN 10: 0881325074 / ISBN 13: 9780881325072

Published by Eurospan Okt 2012, 2012

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Neuware - In his follow-up to one of the most popular PIIE titles of all time, Keith Maskus looks at the expansion of private legal rights into international trade markets, not only for technological items but also for international public goods like vaccines and prescription drugs. Private Rights and Public Problems assesses IPR issues for users, producers, and innovators and the difficulty of establishing an international policy regime that governs IPRs in all markets. Audience Undergraduate- and Graduate-Level Studies: Economics, Public Policy, International Affairs, and Law Business & Law Professionals Policymaker.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Private Rights and Public Problems
• Publisher: Eurospan Okt 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881325074
• ISBN 13: 9780881325072
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 228W x 154H x 24D millimeters 228 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 611 grams

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Synopsis

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. Apple and Samsung's patent battle illustrates the importance of IPRs and how they impact everyone. Private Rights and Public Problems is a completed update of the seminal, oft-cited 2000 study, Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy. This new book documents the remarkable global changes in IPRs policies that have taken place since the founding of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and analyzes both the benefits and costs of the global IPRs system.

Does stronger IPRs protection increase incentives for innovation and raise returns to international technology transfer or does it raise the cost of acquiring new technology and products? Have the changes benefited technology producers or technology consumers? Do these policies help or hinder the transfer of key technologies used to address critical global public needs, such as essential medicines, green technologies, bio-engineered seed varieties, products made from genetic resources, and scientific and educational materials? The book examines these issues through an analysis of the economic effects of extended international protection and partial harmonization of IPRs. Ultimately, it argues that the global IPRs system stands at a fundamental crossroad, facing more challenges than ever before. It makes several suggestions for improving the efficiency and fairness of the newly globalized system in the near future, if the political will can be found.

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 was a lead economist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank, visiting professor at the University of Bocconi, and a visiting scholar at the CES-Ifo Institute at the University of Munich and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University.