Private Rights and Public Problems : the Global Economics of Intellectual Property in the 21st century / Keith E. Maskus.

Private Rights and Public Problems : the Global Economics of Intellectual Property in the 21st century / Keith E. Maskus.

Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012.

Book

xvi, 391p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

9780881325072

F 40 MAS.P

Intellectual property rights (IPRs)―patents, copyrights, and trademarks―have moved from an arcane area of legal analysis and a policy backwater to the forefront of global economic policymaking. Apple and Samsung's patent battle illustrates the importance of IPRs and how they impact everyone. Private Rights and Public Problems is a completed update of the seminal, oft-cited 2000 study, Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy. This new book documents the remarkable global changes in IPRs policies that have taken place since the founding of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and analyzes both the benefits and costs of the global IPRs system.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index.

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