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(1) Elevating the Global
Economy through IP
by Amy O'Connor 02/09/15
"Imagine
spending years on research, experiencing a breakthrough, developing a new tool,
technology, or medicine, but knowing that your innovation may not be protected.
Many innovators around the world face this harsh reality. Intellectual property
creates value – both socially and economically- by creating jobs, driving
economic growth, and enriching our culture. Yet, despite these things,
intellectual property protections around the globe remain inconsistent."
(2) From The Independent, 10 February 2015:
"Innovation
and creativity allows for economic growth and job opportunities – and these
need to be better protected encouraging further development. Easy access should
not hinder creation, MEP Therese Comodini Cachia stressed, during a European
parliamentary debate about intellectual property."
(3) From TGM, 10 February 2015
Reposted in MLI, same date.
“The benefits of a
strong regime of property rights apply just as much to intangibles as to land
and goods. We long ago worked out how to make the ownership of cars and houses
and factories work, but we are not always as effective at protecting the
interests of the originators of an idea, the creators of a work of art or
design, or the inventors of a scientific process. Yet the benefits from clear
ownership of intellectual property (IP) are every bit as clear as those flowing
from the ownership of land and buildings. Those of us who watched the ease with
which the private sector beat the government in mapping the human genome is but
one recent example of the galvanising effect IP can have on investment in
R&D.”
(4) From the Property Rights Alliance (PRA),
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are:
- are Grounded in the Constitution
- are Deserving the Same Respect as Physical Property
- Promote Free Speech and Expression
- Are Vital to Economic Competitiveness
- Are Integral to Consumer Protection and National Security...
Sometime in 2009, I participated in a small group Asian think tanks' IPR and Innovation meeting in Singapore. It was organized by the International Policy Network (IPN) then, headed by Prof. Julian Morris. I just discovered this photo in my laptop today. Julian (6th from left) was accompanied by Philip Stevens (whom I last saw in 2012 in Penang, Malaysia, EMHN seminar) and Alec van Gelder (whom I last saw in 2010 in Sydney, ATR-PRA conference). There were at least eight of us participants from eight Asian countries then.
I am thankful to IPN and Julian for introducing me to this technical topic that is often mired with emotion and populism by various campaigners advocating disrespect, if not killing, IPR.
I have written many articles on "IPR Abolition", "IPR and Innovation", and "IPR and Medicines" in this blog from 2008 to present.
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See also:
On IPR Abolition 17: Copyright by a Government Corporation, September 07, 2013
On IPR Abolition 18: Patent, Copyright and Jeffrey Tucker, May 15, 2013
IPR and Innovation 19: The Policy Workshop Seminar in Hong Kong, October 21, 2014
On IPR Abolition 17: Copyright by a Government Corporation, September 07, 2013
On IPR Abolition 18: Patent, Copyright and Jeffrey Tucker, May 15, 2013
IPR and Innovation 19: The Policy Workshop Seminar in Hong Kong, October 21, 2014
IPR and Innovation 20: The GIPC Intellectual Property Index, 2015 Report, February 06, 2015
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