Cross-Sectoral Differences in Intellectual Property Enforcement in Developing Countries: The Role of State-Industry Linkages
Cross-Sectoral Differences in Intellectual Property Enforcement in Developing Countries: The Role of State-Industry Linkages
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10.1080/01972240309458
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2003-04
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Krishna P. Jayakar
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作者：
Krishna P. Jayakar
主要发展中国家最近对其国家知识产权制度进行了一些改革，以使其与国际条约和协定相协调。然而，在这些法律如何适用于不同的信息行业以及如何在实地执行方面，仍然存在重大差异。虽然知识产权法适用于从音乐到计算机程序等一系列信息产品，但各国政府有选择地在一些信息行业执行知识产权法，而忽视了将同样的保护延伸到其他信息行业。基于比较制度主义的方法，本文确定了两个变量--国家-行业联系和创新活动水平--可以解释知识产权法的选择性执行。在国家与行业联系紧密、国内创新水平较高的信息产业中，知识产权有望得到更好的保护。通过对亚洲地区四个知识产权行业的比较研究，验证了这一预期。结果证实了这一预期，但也表明，强大的国家和行业联系可能独立地与高水平的知识产权保护相关，即使在当前创新活动水平较低的行业也是如此。
Leading developing countries have recently introduced some reforms in their national intellectual property regimes to harmonize them with international treaties and agreements. However, major differences remain in how these laws are applied to different information industries, and how they are enforced on the ground. While intellectual property law applies to a host of information products ranging from music to computer programs, governments have selectively enforced the law in some information industries, while neglecting to extend the same protection to others. Based on the comparative institutionalist approach, this article identifies two variables--state-industry linkages and level of innovative activity--that may explain the selective enforcement of intellectual property law. Intellectual property rights were expected to be better protected in information industries with strong state-industry linkages and higher levels of domestic innovation. This expectation was tested through a comparative study of four intellectual property industries from the Asian region. The results confirmed the expectation, but also demonstrated that strong state-industry linkages may independently correlate with high levels of intellectual property protection, even in industries where the current levels of innovative activity are low.