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Intellectual property rights (IPR) have been defined as ideas, inventions, and creative expressions based on which there is a public willingness to bestow the status of property. IPR provide certain exclusive rights to the inventors or creators of that property, in order to enable them to reap commercial benefits from their creative efforts or ...

Structural inequalities. The notion of intellectual property (IP) emerged in the 16th-18th centuries as firms began to look to protect products and machines from being copied (Peukert Citation 2017).Poignantly for the topic of this article, one of the key drivers to this was the expansion of European colonialism where intellectual property rules allowed firms to more profitably expand across ...

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reports that from 2017 to 2019, IP-intensive industries accounted for 29.7% of all jobs and over 47% of the EU’s GDP. Thus, IP not only safeguards intellectual assets but also fuels economic growth, promotes cultural exchange, and addresses global challenges, making it an essential ...

Management of intellectual property rights in Mainland Tanzania and Rwanda: reflecting on the one-stop centre strategy. ... Intellectual property law and generative artificial intelligence: fair remuneration, equality or ‘My plentie makes me poore’ ‘As you know, our (geo)blockade is perfectly legal’—the European Union, the Geo ...

The article examines the normative content and justification of intellectual property rights (IPR), focusing on the question of whether the incentive theory provides a sufficient and appropriate basis for the regulation of intangible goods within the framework of the concept of inherently limited rights.

Intellectual property rights (IPR) have been defined as ideas, inventions, and creative expressions based on which there is a public willingness to bestow the status of property.

Intellectual property Digital Article. Don Tapscott; Alex Tapscott; ... This note explains the crucial role of intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents, in the success of tough ...

Marin et al. (2023) in this Special Issue discuss how, in Argentina, a favourable intellectual property rights regime for genetically engineered crops has disadvantaged firms specialising in plant breeding and undermined plant-breeding research and technological developments, which the authors suggest would have constituted a more socially and ...

Articles on Intellectual property rights. Displaying 1 - 20 of 50 articles. Getty Images February 20, 2025 Deepfakes can ruin lives and livelihoods – would owning the ‘rights’ to our own ...

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are legal rights that protect creations of the human intellect, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images used in commerce. This paper provides a thorough examination of the concept of IPRs, including their historical background, various types, significance ...

In the U.S., large tech companies regularly infringe on smaller companies’ intellectual property (IP). Often, this has led to large court settlements that punish larger companies. But, this ...

Introduction. Intellectual property protection systems have, in principle, two main socio-economic purposes. First, intellectual property (hereinafter IP) is meant to create or strengthen incentives to invest in new ideas or technologies by providing temporary exclusive property rights that prevent competition from immediately appropriating the fruits of such investments.

Recognition of IP rights is ‘designed to encourage innovation and facilitate trade in technology’. 2 As the first comprehensive agreement to establish international minimum IP rights standards between most of the world’s trading nations, the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement was considered a ‘revolution in international intellectual property law ...

The rapid advancement of digital technologies has brought about a paradigm shift in the way intellectual property (IP) is created, disseminated, and protected (Adams, 2023). In this digital age, the challenges faced by stakeholders in safeguarding intellectual property rights have become increasingly complex and multifaceted.

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In this Article, we review the literature on formal versus informal regimes for protecting intellectual property (IP) rights, the stated aims of which are to encourage investments in myriad creative activities that foster economic growth (through the discovery of new products and new production methods) or expand the aesthetic pleasures of human life (literary and artistic works). Public ...

Intellectual property rights are also vital. Inventors, artists, scientists and businesses put a lot of time, money, energy and thought into developing their innovations and creations. To encourage them to do that, they need the chance to make a fair return on their investment. That means giving them rights to protect their intellectual property.

The Importance of Intellectual Property Rights. Diving deeper into the concept of intellectual property, it's clear that the power of intellectual property law goes beyond just the protection of ideas. The intellectual property law, in essence, bestows exclusive rights to the creators or inventors, giving them the power to reap benefits from ...

Intellectual property is a dynamic domain, continuously faced with the challenges of modern times. New technologies, such as the Internet, user-generated content, streaming platforms, applications, online sales platforms, and artificial intelligence, pose unique challenges to intellectual property rights.