Der internationale Handel mit gefälschten und unerlaubt kopierten Produkten erreichte nach Analysen der OECD im Jahr 2005 dieses Volumen. Darin enthalten sind nur Waren aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel, keine Fälschungen / Kopien aus dem nationalen Handel oder raubkopierten Produkten, die...

This paper develops a model for analyzing the costs and benefits of intellectual property enforcement in LDCs. The North is more productive than the South and is the only source of innovator. There are two types of goods, and each bloc has a comparative advantage in producing a specific type of...

This paper aims at analysing the risk of intellectual property (IP) infringements by competitors from abroad and in particular whether this risk is higher for international innovating firms. We distinguish three different types of IP infringements from abroad: the usage of firms' technical...

The pervasiveness of the illegal copying of software is a worldwide phenomenon. Software piracy implies a huge loss of potential customers of original software buyers, which directly translates into revenue losses for the software industry. Given this, conventional wisdom would suggest the need...

Concerns about counterfeiting and piracy are becoming increasingly widespread and have now taken on an international dimension. Higher standards of intellectual property protection are being set multilaterally and through the inclusion of intellectual property provisions in bilateral trade...