This file is part of IDEAS, which uses RePEc data


[ Papers | Articles | Software | Books | Chapters | Authors | Institutions | JEL Classification | NEP reports | Search | New papers by email | Author registration | Rankings | Volunteers | FAQ | Blog | Help! ]

Les droits de propriété intellectuelle : aspects théoriques et impacts économiques (intellectual property rights: theoretical aspects and economic impacts)

Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics
Author Info
Nejla Yacoub () (Labrii, ULCO)
Abstract

Bien qu’elle ne soit devenue très en vogue que depuis le milieu des années 1990, la propriété intellectuelle est une notion bien ancrée dans le temps. Après un long processus d’évolution, elle est, de nos jours, dans un stade dynamique de transformation. Avec l’accélération du progrès technique et du mouvement de libéralisation économique, la protection de la propriété intellectuelle devient de plus en plus impérative. Ceci explique bien la vague d’établissement et de renforcement des DPI dans le monde. Toutefois, cette tendance soulève maintes controverses, notamment entre les pays développés et ceux en développement, à propos des impacts économiques des DPI. Dans ce papier, nous allons, dans un premier temps, fournir un aperçu général sur l’évolution des DPI. Dans un second temps, nous mettrons le point principalement sur les droits de brevet. Enfin, l’étude se rapportera à un survol théorique des impacts du renforcement des brevets, notamment, sur l’incitation à l’innovation, le transfert technologique et la croissance économique. La littérature montre que le renforcement des brevets est certes en faveur des pays développés, mais son impact sur les économies en développement demeure ambigu. Il dépend fortement de plusieurs facteurs, en l’occurrence, liés aux firmes, aux industries et aux pays et, par conséquent, relève d’un cadre d’analyse purement empirique. Although it has become very famous only since the last 1990s, intellectual property is a deep old notion. After a long evolution process, it is nowadays at a dynamic stage of transformation. With the acceleration of technical progress and economic liberalization movement, intellectual property protection is becoming more and more imperative. This explains well the wave of establishment and improvement of IPR worldwide. Nevertheless, this tendency lifts many controversies, especially between developed and developing countries, about the economic impacts of IPR. In this paper, we are going, first, to provide a general outline on the evolution of IPR. Second, the focus is to examine particularly patent rights. Finally, the paper skims through the theoretical studies on the impacts of patent enforcement on incentive to innovation, technology transfer and economic growth. Literature shows that patent enforcement is certainly in favour of developed countries but its impact on developing economies remains ambiguous. It depends strongly on several factors, related to firms, industries and countries and, consequently, arises from a purely empirical framework.

Download Info
To download:

If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.

File URL: http://riifr.univ-littoral.fr/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/doc%20172.pdf
File Format: application/pdf
File Function:
Download Restriction: no

Publisher Info
Paper provided by Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et l'Innovation. ULCO / Research Unit on Industry and Innovation in its series Working Papers with number 172.

Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML (with abstract), plain text (with abstract), BibTeX, RIS (EndNote, RefMan, ProCite), ReDIF
Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2008
Date of revision:
Publication status: Published in Cahiers du Lab.RII, Janvier 2008
Handle: RePEc:rii:riidoc:172

Contact details of provider:
Postal: Maison de la recherche en sciences de l'homme, 21 quai de la Citadelle, 59140 Dunkerque
Phone: (33) 3 28 23 71 35
Fax: (33) 3 28 23 71 43 or (33) 3 28 23 71 10
Email:
Web page: http://riifr.univ-littoral.fr/
More information through EDIRC

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Philippe Chagnon).

Related research
Keywords: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR); Patents; Patent Enforcement; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Economic Growth; Developing Countries.;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Intellectual Property Rights
L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
F29 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Other

Statistics
Access and download statistics

Did you know? IDEAS also indexes software components.

This page was last updated on 2009-12-6.


This information is provided to you by IDEAS at the Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut using RePEc data on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics.