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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Patent protection"”.
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Patent protection and incentives to innovate: trends and effects in Italy
The relationship between patent protection, incentives to innovate, the generation of innovations, and the accrual of benefits from innovation was investigated. The study was based on an analysis of research and development, patenting, productivity and output data for Italy. In 1979, Italy made …
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Patent protection and foreign direct investment in Uganda's mining sector: a legal analysis of intellectual property as an investment incentive
… the host state. This thesis delves into Uganda's patent law ecosystem, specifically exploring how it can be strategically leveraged, by way of packaging it as an investment incentive, to attract greater foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country's mining sector. The country's mining sector is …
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International patent regime for pharmaceuticals from the Paris Convention to the TRIPS Agreement
Intellectual property protection (IPP) attained its importance in recent years because of the steady increase of intellectual property-endowed goods and technology in global trade. Technology producers, among them multilateral pharmaceutical companies (MPCs) felt that the Paris Convention (the …
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Firm Strategy and Research and Development: A Game Theoretic Approach
… of these variables is the presence or absence of patent protection. The possibility of imitation adds additional uncertainty into the decision. The riskiness of the project may have an impact on the way that this uncertainty is resolved.
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The likely impact of trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) in Mozambique : the case of anti-malarial drugs
… many countries had previously excluded from patent protection in order to produce drugs at reduced prices and hence contribute to the improvement of public health. But now any Member State must comply with these minimum standards since failure to do so will result to the WTO dispute …
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Empirical and theoretical observations in trade secrecy : statutory prescriptions and endogenous growth
… may be as important, if not more important, than patenting as an intellectual property protection mechanism in the United States economy. While patent protection has always been an institution in the United States as a result of its inclusion in the Constitution, trade secret protection has only …
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Law Debugging --- Refining Software Patent Laws in the U.S. and China.
<p>This dissertation studies the patent protection for software related inventions in the U.S. and in China. It discusses the differences among trade secret law, copyright law, and patent law as the body of law to protect software inventions in the U.S. and concludes that patent law is …
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Strategic Entry Deterrence In the Pharmaceutical Industry: Revisiting Product Proliferation
… almost all drugs experience generic entry after patent protection lapses. This paper updates a hypothesis presented in a current paper by Ellison on the existence entry-deterrence motives for strategic investments, specifically product proliferation. Entry deterrence is not possible in large …
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Trends in International Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals Since the Institution of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Protection (TRIPS) Agreement
… 1995. The agreement defines minimum standards of patent protection that must eventually be observed by all signatories. TRIPS includes "compulsory licensing", a policy that allows for states under certain conditions to permit the use of a patented innovation without the consent of the patent …
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Innovation Under Stress
… Policy Uncertainty</p> <p>Using detailed data on patent grants and applications, I explore the effect of policy uncertainty on firms’ innovation strategies. I show that firms that invest in R&D tend to pursue more diversified strategies and are more likely to explore unfamiliar fields during …
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An analysis of the Effect of Patents on the right to health in Developing Countries: a case Study of Zambia
Several scholars have agreed that a forceful patent system providing for adequate patent protection is an indispensable incentive to creative and inventive work. Such a system becomes crucial to establishing and maintaining an attractive commercial environment. An adequate patent system, …
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An analysis of the Effect of Patents on the right to health in Developing Countries: a case Study of Zambia
Several scholars have agreed that a forceful patent system providing for adequate patent protection is an indispensable incentive to creative and inventive work. Such a system becomes crucial to establishing and maintaining an attractive commercial environment. An adequate patent system, …
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Essays on growth and innovation policies
… a large technological lead receive the same IPR protection as a company with a more limited advantage? Should technological followers be able to license the products of technological leaders? We propose a general equilibrium framework to investigate these questions. IPR policy regulates whether …
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Key supply chain integration factors for success of medical device startups
… financial support, supply chain integration, patent protection, regulatory compliance, founders experience and more. This thesis investigates supply chain integration factors contributing to the success of medical device startups. Sixteen key supply chain integration factors were identified …
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Analytical and metabolic studies of the trypanocidal diamidines
Following the expiry of patent protection of the innovator product Berenil®, there has been an influx of substandard generic substitutes of the veterinary trypanocide in international commerce, which have been implicated as being a major contributor to the emergence of drug resistance. This …
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Price and production policy of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation
… Shoe Machinery Corporation. can secure extensive patent protection for its existing machinery, much of which is quite antiquated in origin. A large and competent staff of patent attorneys are employed to work in conjunction with the research division and the operating departments of this …
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Contentions of language: Multilingalism and the language regime of the European unitary patent system
… the working languages of the European Unitary Patent System (EUPS). Initially assumed to take effect in 2011, the EUPS was expected to provide patent protection for innovations in every state of the EU with the submission of a single request. Once accepted, the patents would have been published …
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UNRAVELLING THE RULE AGAINST THE DISCRIMINATION OF FIELDS OF TECHNOLOGY UNDER THE PATENT RULES OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
… the very technology-specific nature of patent law and to disallow the WTO membership from specifically addressing public interest and right-holder related concerns in a given field of technology. However, in Canada- Patent Protection of Pharmaceuticals (DS114), the only report by a WTO …
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