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

Fink, Carsten ; Maskus, Keith E. ; Qian, Yi

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: HARMONIZATION;    MERCHANDISE;    PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;    SUBSTITUTION;    INVENTIONS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7586
RP-ID  :  WPS7586

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Policy makers around the world recognizethe potentially harmful consequences of trademarkcounterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countrieshave recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen theenforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further,minimum standards of enforcement have been incorporated inmany international treaties, especially trade agreements.This emphasis on enforcement raises basic questions aboutthe actual impacts of IP rights infringement, which differacross the types of IPR and economic sectors. The authorsreview the academic literature and other studies in thepublic domain to evaluate what has been learned about thesesocioeconomic effects, with an emphasis on developingcountries where possible. They also identify important gapsin our understanding of the consequences of counterfeitingand piracy and develop recommendations on how governmentsmight collect data and conduct studies to better inform IPRenforcement policy.