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Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS Progress And International Technology Flows. R. E. Evenson Yale University. Introduction. Royalties are Paid 50 + on Automobile 10 + on Personal Computer Even in Countries Hostile to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
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Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS Progress And International Technology Flows R. E. Evenson Yale University
Introduction Royalties are Paid • 50 + on Automobile • 10 + on Personal Computer Even in Countries Hostile to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Why do Developing Countries Resist Strengthening of IPRs?
Progress On TRIPS • 48 Poorest Countries • 40 Are Members of WTO • Only 20 Have Functioning IPR Systems
International Technology Flows • OECD Countries (18) Austria to USA • Transition Economies (7) Bulgaria to Slovakia • Recently Industrialized Countries (RICs) (6) Spain to Portugal • Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) (6) Argentina to Turkey
Invention Flows • OECD Countries Patent Heavily • In Other OECD Economies • In Transition Economies • In Recently Industrialized Economies • In Newly Industrialized Economies • Transition Economies Do Not Patent In other Transition Economies • RICs Do Not Patent in Other RICs • NICs Do Not Patent in Other NICs
OECD Patents in Other Blocks • 3.3 Percent of OECD Origin Inventions Patented in Transition Economies • 8,930 Patents • 22.5 Percent of OECD Origin Inventions Patented in RICs • 61,216 Patents • 5.2 Percent of OECD Origin Inventions Patented in NICs • 14,206 Patents