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- Title: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, And Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other Papers) (Case Study)
- Author : Journal of Third World Studies
- Release Date : January 22, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 289 KB
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INTRODUCTION In the era of globalization, knowledge and innovation play significant roles in economic activity. The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has therefore gained prominence in economic development literature because it motivates technological change, which is essential for economic growth. (1) In this paper, we define IPR as the rules on how to protect patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets that have become a standard component of international trade agreements. (2) Over the past decade, the protection of IPR has moved from an arcane area of legal analysis and a policy backwater to the forefront of global economic policymaking. (3) This in no small measure has been motivated by the successful completion of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) in 1994. The TRIPS agreement sets strong minimum standards in each of the areas commonly associated with IPR, which includes patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. (4)
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