Each year, 26 April, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) marks World IP Day. The day helps showcase how intellectual property inspires innovation and creativity — yet recent research gives another perspective. For example, how TRIPs type agreements may be stifling ‘development by imitation’ and thus holding back the Global South. Dr. Neil Foster-McGregor shares his thoughts ahead of World IP day. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are supposed to encourage inno...
How is innovation being internationalised? How important are intellectual property rights for development? How well are these rights managed in developing countries? These were the questions driving the 7th annual conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), Santiago de Chile, 7-8 November 2013, which focused on intellectual property rights (IPR) policy in developing countries. Among the topics covered, two major sessions were devoted to the internationalisation of innovat...