The trend towards international harmonization of patents’ protection and its problems

Ronaldo Fiani ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2009, vol. 29, issue 3, 173-190

Abstract: TRIPS agreement has been a milestone in the present trend towards international harmonization of intellectual property’s protection (including patents’ protection), where harmonization means to increase the protection level in developing countries according to the more rigorous standards of developed ones. Considering the economic theory of patents together with historical and empirical evidences, it is argued that international harmonization of patents’ protection as it is settled by TRIPS agreement is not favorable to developing countries’ economic development. JEL Classification: P14; O34; F13.

Keywords: patents; intellectual property rights; developing countries; TRIPS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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