OPTIMAL PATENT LENGTH IN A NORTH-SOUTH FRAMEWORK: A COMMENT

Swapnendu Banerjee (Bandyopadhyay) and Tarun Kabiraj ()
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Tarun Kabiraj: Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata–700108, India

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2011, vol. 56, issue 01, 51-59

Abstract: We show that under some conditions, it is optimal for the non-innovating south to give patent protection for a longer period than the innovating north. However, a cooperative patent agreement involves a larger protection by each country compared to the non-cooperative situation.

Keywords: Patent protection; innovation; cooperative agreement; O34; F23; L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1142/S0217590811004092

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