The multiple features of intellectual property rights and industrial competition are explored through the analytically rigorous lens of the frontier of the economics literature. The book covers a broad range of issues ranging from industrial espionage to collective property rights in cultural districts. The analyses are carried out both for advanced countries and in a North-South perspective. An appropriate protection of intellectual property rights plays a crucial role in promoting R&D activities and hence economic growth. The book explores theoretical issues and empirical evidence coming from different countries and sectors.
Intellectual Property, Competition and Growth; Roberto Cellini & Guido Cozzi
Do European Computer-Related Patents Increase Welfare?; Pia Weiss
Strategic Reasons for Patenting: Between Exclusion and Co-ordination Rationales; Antoine Bureth, Rachel Levy, Julien Pénin & Sandrine Wolff
Open Source Software and Technological Innovation: Competitive Issues; Gustavo Olivieri & Laura Marchegiani
Are Patent Litigation Insurances Fit for the Dynamics of Innovation?; Christian Ben Lakhdar
Proprietary Information Protection and the Long-Run Implications of Industrial Espionage; Carmelo Pierpaolo Parello
The Role of Anti-Spying Acts on R&D Patents Dynamics; Francesco Schettino
Is the European R&D Equally Protected from Espionage as is the US R&D? A Note; Guido Cozzi & Angelo Pietrosanti
A Schumpeterian Model of Wage Inequality and Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement; Carmelo Pierpaolo Parello & Luca Spinesi
An Inverted-U Relationship between Product Market Competition and Growth in an Extended Romerian Model; Alberto Bucci
Competition Policy and Prevention of Abuses in the TRIPS Agreement; Daya Shanker
Policy Decisions on Collective Property Rights in Cultural Districts: A Positive Model; Roberto Cellini, Tiziana Cuccia & Walter Santagata
Different Approaches to the Protection of Individual and Collective Intellectual Property Rights. The Case of Traditional Knowledge; Stefania Lionetti
