promising national markets two of the most crucial elements in the strategic decision regarding market-entry are the level of corruption and existing trade barriers. One form of corruption that is crucially important to firms is the theft of intellectual property. In particular‚ software piracy has become a hotly debated topic due to the deep costs and vast levels of piracy around the world. The purpose of this paper is to assess how laissez-faire trade policies and corruption affect national software
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MODULE-1 LESSON-1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF IPRs: What is IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)? Intellectual Property refers to creation of mind i.e. inventions‚ industrial designs for article‚ literary & artistic work‚ symbols etc. used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: 1. Industrial property‚ which includes inventions (patents)‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications and 2. Copyright‚ which includes literary and artistic works
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CMF Intellectual Property 11/18/13 Modern technology is simply marvelous; it allows one person to listen to another person’s artistic musical work without having to be in the vicinity of that person. The certain technology I am talking about is Internet music downloading. Internet music downloading is when a person downloads music from the Internet. Downloading music from the Internet has a multitude of advantages as well as cons and risks. The risks of downloading music from the Internet
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The Politicization of Intellectual Property Rights Yuan Yuan Wang Senior Thesis On November 21st‚ 2011‚ the United States and China signed a intellectual property framework agreement in order to address some of the intellectual property issues that have plagued economic relations between the two countries. The agreement called for both countries to open up a constructive dialogue regarding intellectual property issues‚ as well as for the formation of a third party task
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1) Please address the following as they pertain to Intellectual Property: What is Intellectual Property (IP) and how does counterfeit merchandise impact the U.S. economy? Intellectual Property is materials that are copyrighted‚ but are produced by counterfeit often looking or performing much like the copyright that they have stolen. Many items that are counterfeit include video games‚ movies‚ clothing‚ automobile and aircraft parts‚ medications‚ and personal items such as body sprays‚ perfumes
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nature and types of intellectual property theft in the military sphere? Provide at least two concrete examples? Intellectual property‚ including patents‚ copyrights‚ and trade secrets‚ increasingly dominates the exports of advanced economies. However‚ intellectual property is uniquely vulnerable to appropriation‚ whether by states‚ firms‚ or individuals. Consequently‚ exporters like the United States have taken increasingly aggresive steps to protect their intellectual property owners and producers
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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a huge organisation‚ with a vast number of areas that could be discussed in this essay. Though there are numerous definitions of what the World Intellectual Property Organisation is‚ I will give a description of how I see the organisation. There is an immense history behind the establishment we see today‚ I will give an enlightenment of how this history took place. I will also discuss the aims and purpose WIPO and how it plays its part in the
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Intellectual Property Laws of India James Thanickan When India became a Republic in 1950‚ India had Intellectual Property legislations on copyrights‚ patents‚ designs and trade marks. These were mostly adaptations of the laws of Great Britain in each area and were of general international norms. Subsequently‚ India modified the Intellectual Property legislations to make them meet national needs and requirements. Pursuant to the country’s joining the World Trade Organisation‚ India either modified
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Intellectual property (IP) Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. Under intellectual property law‚ owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets‚ such as musical‚ literary‚ and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words‚ phrases‚ symbols‚ and designs. 1.2 The Two Branches of Intellectual Property: Industrial Property and Copyright
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E-Commerce and Protecting Intellectual Property Justin Gunter Law/421 December 8‚ 2014 Liliya Kades Ecommerce and Protecting Intellectual Property Introduction E-commerce has become a prosperous industry which generated more than $262 billion in sales last year. It is estimated by 2017 that E-commerce will grow to “to $440 billion in sales for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.8%” (Forbes‚ 2013). With this much growth‚ it beckons entrepreneurs to grab a piece of the pie. As legal activity
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