Private rights and public problems

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Titel
Private rights and public problems
Untertitel
the global economics of intellectual property in the 21st century
Verfasserangabe
Keith E. (Keith Eugene) Maskus
Medienart
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Person
Verlag
Ort
Washington, DC
Jahr
Umfang
xvi, 373 p.
ISBN13
978-0-88132-507-2
Fußnote
includes indexes.
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Annotation
Summary:
Many argue that Europe has performed anemically as it struggles to recover from the global crisis. But, Anders Aslund argues that although Europe is an institutional half-way house, the East European countries have masterfully handled the crisis. The Last Shall Be the First: East European Financial Crisis isolates the causes of the crisis in Eastern Europe, charts the crisis resolution actions of major international institutions, and advances solutions in the region's recovery phase. Specifically, Aslund examines the eruption and resolution of the crisis in the Baltics, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria. In addition to his focus on individual countries, he also considers the broader implications of the European crisis, and asks why the social and regulatory environment of central Europe enabled it to recover more easily.

Table of Contents:
Terms of Use
Prefacep. vii
Forewordp. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
1Introduction: The Big Stakes in Selling Knowledgep. 1
The Ever-Elusive Balancep. 4
The Policy Landscapep. 9
Four Ideas to Improve the Global System Todayp. 16
Organization of the Bookp. 22
2The Big Global Upgrade: Is It Working?p. 25
How the Situation Has Changedp. 26
Intellectual Property Right Reforms and Innovationp. 35
Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transferp. 64
Country Experiences and "Catching Up" with Intellectual Property Rightsp. 82
Summaryp. 91
3Global Governancep. 93
TRIPS Finishes Its Test Ridep. 94
The World Intellectual Property Organization Does Its Partp. 117
When TRIPS Is Not Enoughp. 120
A Powerful Pushbackp. 133
The New Enforcement Emphasisp. 137
Summaryp. 142
4Regulating a Stressed Systemp. 143
Cleanup in Aisle Global Patentp. 144
The Standards Questionp. 158
Exhaustion: Your Price or Mine?p. 172
Geography Made Deliciousp. 189
Digital Dilemmasp. 204
Enforcement Economicsp. 222
Summaryp. 231
5Intellectual Property Rights and Global Policy Challengesp. 233
Intellectual Property Rights, Policy Space, and Developmentp. 234
Patent Problems and Progress in Public Healthp. 251
Technology Transfer and Climate Changep. 270
Agriculture and Genetic Resourcesp. 280
Trading in Traditionsp. 294
Knowledge as an International Public Goodp. 297
Summaryp. 312
6Revitalizing a Tired Systemp. 313
Pressures to Move Onp. 314
Extending the Long and Strained TRIPS?p. 316
Reaching for Balance beyond the World Trade Organizationp. 318
Future Visionp. 322
A Final Observationp. 326
Referencesp. 329
Indexp. 351
Tables
2.1 Changes in the Ginarte-Park patent rights indexp. 27
2.2 Changes in the Global Competitiveness Report intellectual property rights and protectionism indexes relative to the United Statesp. 32
2.3 Economic characteristics of and growth in patent grants in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Chinap. 36
2.4 Summary of cross-country studies of IPR and innovation measuresp. 50
2.5 Growth of R&D in 350 large Indian pharmaceutical firms, 1990-2005p. 57
2.6 Indicators of technology transfer to selected countriesp. 68
2.7 Summary of econometric studies of intellectual property rights and technology transferp. 75
3.1 TRIPS-Plus provisions in the Jordan-US free trade agreement (2001)p. 123
3.2 Comparison of TRIPS-Plus elements in selected US free trade agreementsp. 124
4.1 Growth in patent applications, 1995 and 2008p. 147
4.2 Comparison of online per-pill retail pricesp. 177
4.3 Changes in recorded music sales, 2005 and 2007p. 206
5.1 Price reductions in key antiretroviral medicines, 2001 and 2010p. 253
Figures
2.1 Changes in the Ginarte-Park patent rights index, by income quartile, 1990-2005p. 29
2.2a World Bank innovation index (2000) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (1995)p. 40
2.2b World Bank innovation index (2009) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (2000)p. 41
2.2c Research and development as a percent of GDP (2000) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (1995)p. 42
2.2d Research and development as a percent of GDP (2005) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (2000)p. 43
2.2e US scaled patent grants (2000) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (1995)p. 44
2.2f US scaled patent grants (2005) and Ginarte-Park patent rights index (2000)p. 45
Boxes
1.1 The new ownership societyp. 5
2.1 China's indigenous innovation policyp. 89
4.1 Reforming US patentsp. 153
4.2 China's standardization policy for information and communication technologyp. 169
4.3 Value extraction in Ethiopian coffeep. 197
4.4 When rights become wrongs: The user community stands upp. 214
5.1 India's Patents Act of 2005 and pharmaceuticalsp. 261
5.2 Sharing of intellectual property rights in the International AIDS Vaccine Initiativep. 265
Altersbeschränkung
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