Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights for Innovation, Development and Economic Transformation in Least Developed Countries (Advance copy, January 2024).
Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights for Innovation, Development and Economic Transformation in Least Developed Countries (Advance copy, January 2024).
The world’s least developed countries need to shift away from their traditional development paths by enhancing their productive capacities and diversifying their economies and exports. This report analyses the scope and potential to deploy intellectual property rights (IPRs) to help drive these necessary structural transformations. It examines the economic rationale for strategic IP protection and practical ways these countries can unlock IP-related benefits. Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights for Innovation, Development and Economic Transformation in Least Developed Countries provides valuable insights, policy perspectives and practical recommendations on how these countries can use IPRs strategically to accelerate innovation, inclusive growth and structural transformation.
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Foreword Acknowledgements Notes Abbreviations and Acronyms Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. The Economic Rationale for Strategic IP Protection in LDCs 2.1 Patents 2.2 Utility models 2.3 Trademarks 2.4 Geographical indications 2.5 Industrial designs 2.6 Copyrights 2.7 Protecting genetic resources, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and folklore 3. Unlocking IPR-related Opportunities to Support Innovation and Development in LDCs 3.1 Practical examples 3.2 Sectoral applications and sector-specific approaches 3.3 Sequencing the development of IPR regimes in LDCs 3.4 IP and innovation in the informal economy in LDCs 4. Conclusion and Recommendations 4.1 Mainstreaming strategic IP protection 4.2 Gearing national IP systems and related frameworks to support innovation 4.3 Scaling up technology transfers to LDCs 4.4 Accounting for innovation in the informal economy 4.5 Including innovation policies as part of LDC graduation strategies References Annex 1: Summary of key indicators and recent applications for IP protection in LDCs, by filing office (2017–2021) Annex 2: LDC membership in international IP conventions and regional and global IP systems and organisations.