International Protection of Intellectual Property

45 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2002 Last revised: 15 Oct 2022

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Gene M. Grossman

Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Princeton University - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Edwin L.-C. Lai

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Economics

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Date Written: January 2002

Abstract

We study the incentives that governments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We consider a world economy with ongoing innovation in two countries that differ in market size, in their capacities for innovation, and in their absolute and comparative advantage in manufacturing. We associate the strength of IPR protection with the duration of a country's patents that are applied with national treatment. After describing the determination of national policies in a non-cooperative regime of patent protection, we ask, Why are patents longer in the North? We also study international patent agreements by deriving the properties of an efficient global regime of patent protection and asking whether harmonization of patent policies is necessary or sufficient for global efficiency.

Suggested Citation

Grossman, Gene M. and Lai, Edwin L.-C., International Protection of Intellectual Property (January 2002). NBER Working Paper No. w8704, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=296548

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