Patent Protection for Computer Programs in India: Need for a Coherent Approach

Pai, Yogesh

doi:10.1111/j.1747-1796.2007.00325.x

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“…Even if the EU phraseology concerning patent protection for computer-implemented inventions as been detected in both Indian and Chinese patent laws, significant problems remain in their jurisdiction and administration of IPRs (Perthuis and Van der Bulk, 2005;Pai, 2007). In the next years, a more effective enforcement of ICT-related IPRs is expected in these countries to help the innovation environment for their emerging international R&D based ICT industry (Maskus et al, 2005;van Welsum and Xu, 2007;Bhattacharya and Vickery, 2010 The presence of GINs prevails in the ICT sector if we look at GIN1, but not in the case of GIN2.…”

Section: Iprs and Innovation In The Ict Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Intellectual Property Rights and South-North Formation of Global Innovation Networks

2011

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SummaryWith the rise of the knowledge economy, delivering sound innovation policies requires a thorough understanding of how knowledge is produced and diffused. This paper takes a step to analyze a new form of globalization, the so-called system of Global Innovation Networks (GINs), to shed light on how the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) influences their creation and development. We focus on the role of IPR protection in fostering international innovative activities in emerging economies (South), such as China and India, and more generally, how IPRs affect the development of GINs between newly industrialized countries and OECD countries. Using both survey-based firm-level and country-level global data, we find IPRs to be an important determinant of participation in GINS from a Southern perspective. We find IPR protection at home and its harmonization across county pairs foster South-North formation of GINs. We also find that a stringent regime in the destination country discourages foreign international innovative activities that originate in NICs. Both levels of our analysis confirm the ICT industry, particularly the hardware segment, to rely on IPRs when engaging in the international outsourcing and offshoring of innovation or in patenting activities abroad. Keywords A B S T R A C TWith the rise of the knowledge economy, delivering sound innovation policies requires a thorough understanding of how knowledge is produced and diffused. This paper takes a step to analyze a new form of globalization, the so-called system of Global Innovation Networks (GINs), to shed light on how the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) influences their creation and development. We focus on the role of IPR protection in fostering international innovative activities in emerging economies (South), such as China and India, and more generally, how IPRs affect the development of GINs between newly industrialized countries and OECD countries. Using both survey-based firm-level and country-level global data, we find IPRs to be an important determinant of participation in GINS from a Southern perspective. We find IPR protection at home and its harmonization across county pairs foster South-North formation of GINs. We also find that a stringent regime in the destination country discourages foreign international innovative activities that originate in NICs. Both levels of our analysis confirm the ICT industry, particularly the hardware segment, to rely on IPRs when engaging in the international outsourcing and offshoring of innovation or in patenting activities abroad.

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Section: Iprs and Innovation In The Ict Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%