The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries

Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further, minimum standards of enforcement...

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Main Authors:	Fink, Carsten, Maskus, Keith E., Qian, Yi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2017
Subjects:	COUNTERFEITING PIRACY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IPR POLICY REFORMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27697

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spelling	okr-10986-276972021-05-25T10:54:42Z The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi COUNTERFEITING PIRACY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IPR POLICY REFORMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further, minimum standards of enforcement have been incorporated in many international treaties, especially trade agreements. This emphasis on enforcement raises basic questions about the actual impacts of IP rights infringement, which differ across the types of IPR and economic sectors. We review the academic literature and other studies in the public domain to evaluate what has been learned about these socioeconomic effects, with an emphasis on developing countries where possible. We also identify important gaps in our understanding of the consequences of counterfeiting and piracy and develop recommendations on how governments might collect data and conduct studies to better inform IPR enforcement policy. 2017-08-09T21:31:34Z 2017-08-09T21:31:34Z 2016-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27697 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	COUNTERFEITING PIRACY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IPR POLICY REFORMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
description	Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further, minimum standards of enforcement have been incorporated in many international treaties, especially trade agreements. This emphasis on enforcement raises basic questions about the actual impacts of IP rights infringement, which differ across the types of IPR and economic sectors. We review the academic literature and other studies in the public domain to evaluate what has been learned about these socioeconomic effects, with an emphasis on developing countries where possible. We also identify important gaps in our understanding of the consequences of counterfeiting and piracy and develop recommendations on how governments might collect data and conduct studies to better inform IPR enforcement policy.
format	Journal Article
author	Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi
author_facet	Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi
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title	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_short	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_full	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_fullStr	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_sort	economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy : a review and implications for developing countries
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries

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