STIPatents - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Intellectual property (IP) aims to encourage investment in innovation, by enabling innovators to make a return on their investments. IP also plays an important role in the creation, dissemination and use, for further technological development, of the knowledge and innovations contained for example in the inventions disclosed in patent documents. The dynamics of the knowledge economy, the globalisation of markets and the increasing complexity of products have also changed the way market actors use IP rights and policy- makers understand IP rights and their role. Furthermore, emerging economies are increasingly featuring as new players in this game and are adapting their IP policies in order to become pro-active users of the system.(...)
Intellectual property (IP) aims to encourage investment in innovation, by enabling innovators to make a return on their investments. IP also plays an important role in the creation, dissemination and use, for further technological development, of the knowledge and innovations contained for example in the inventions disclosed in patent documents. The dynamics of the knowledge economy, the globalisation of markets and the increasing complexity of products have also changed the way market actors use IP rights and policy- makers understand IP rights and their role. Furthermore, emerging economies are increasingly featuring as new players in this game and are adapting their IP policies in order to become pro-active users of the system.(...)
