The North's intellectual property rights standard for the South?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lai, ELC; Qiu, LD
• 署名单位: City University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(02)00090-9
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 183-209
• 关键词: intellectual property fights; multi-sector negotiation; TRIPS

摘要

We build a multi-sectoral North-South trade model to analyze international intellectual property rights (IPR) protection. By comparing the Nash equilibrium IPR protection standard of the South (the developing countries) with that of the North (the developed countries), we find that the former is naturally weaker than the latter. Moreover, we show that both regions can gain from an agreement that requires the South to harmonize its IPR standards with those of the North, and the North to liberalize its traditional goods market. This demonstrates the merits of multi-sectoral negotiations in the GATT/WTO. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.