Intellectual Property for Economic Development: (KDI series in Economic Policy and Development)

Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) serves a dual role in economic development. While it promotes innovation by providing legal protection of inventions, it may retard catch-up and learning by restricting the diffusion of innovations. Does stronger IPR protection in a developing country encourage technology development in or technology transfer to that country? This book aims to address the issue, covering diverse forms of IPRs, varied actors in innovation, and multiple case studies from Asia and Latin America. IPRs and their interaction with other factors such as such as the quality of knowledge institutions (e.g. academia, public research institutes or industrial research centers such as science parks), availability of trained human capital, and networks for research collaboration or interaction (e.g. university-industry research collaboration or international collaboration) in a development context, is the subject of this book.Intellectual Property for Economic Development: - Considers the diverse forms of IPRs and technology transfer and their implications for economic development. - Analyzes the role of inventors in different contexts including those in universities and in domestic and international mobility and collaborations. - Presents in-depth analyses of specific issues involving IPRs in the context of countries at different levels of development, including Mexico, China and Korea. Focus is paid to the differences between East Asia and Latin America. This book will appeal to academics and researchers in the areas of development economics, the economics of IP, law and economics and IP innovation. Contributors: S.A. Ahn, C.R. Durán, B.H. Hall, A. Hu, S. Karmakar, J. Kim, Y.K. Kim, K. Lee, S. Lee, D.C. Lippoldt, G. Marschke, F. Montobbio, S. Nagaoka, T. Naotoshi, K.-H. Park, W.G. Park, V. Sterzi, J. Suh

Table of Contents:
Contents 1. Introduction Sanghoon Ahn, Bronwyn H. Hall and Keun Lee PART I: DIVERSE FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 2. Does Patent Protection Help or Hinder Technology Transfer? Bronwyn H. Hall 3. Channels of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries Walter G. Park and Douglas C. Lippoldt 4. Patents versus Utility Models in a Dynamic Change of an Econmcy: Korea Keun Lee and Yee Kyoung Kim 5. Protecting Indigenous Knowledge through Geographical Indications: A Case Study of the Textile Industry in India Suparna Karmakar PART II. DIVERSE ACTORS IN INNOVATION 6. Impact of University Scientists on Innovations in Nanotechnology Jinyoung Kim, Sangjoon Lee and Gerald Marschke 7. Assessing the Effects of International Research Collaboration on Invention Process: Some Evidence from Triadic Patent Data Sadao Nagaoka and Tsukada Naotoshi 8. Empirical Analysis of University Patenting in Korea Joonghae Suh PART III: DIVERSE CASES FROM ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA 9. International Patenting and Knowledge Flows in Latin America Fabio Montobbio and Valerio Sterzi 10. Mexico: Auto Industry and Patenting in a Technological Dependent Economy Clemente Ruiz Durán 11. Propensity to Patent, Competition and China’s Foreign Patenting Surge Albert Hu 12. The Determinants of Patenting Activities in the Korean Firms Kyoo-Ho Park Index

About the Author :
Edited by Sanghoon Ahn, Fellow, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Korea and Senior Economist, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, France, Bronwyn H. Hall, Professor Emerita of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, US and International Research Associate, Institute of Fiscal Studies, London, UK and Keun Lee, winner of the 2014 Schumpeter Prize, and Professor, Seoul National University, Korea