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Effects of Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights in Newly Industrialized Economies: Evidence from Taiwan's 1994 Patent Reform.

Does strengthening intellectual property rights (IPR) in terms of a longer patent life induce more patents? This article investigates the responses of high-technology firms to Taiwan's 1994 patent reform. Empirical analyses reveal that firms' patenting propensity rose gradually before patent reform...

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Published in:Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 259 - 276
Main Author: Yang, Chih-Hai
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell April 2008
Subjects:
Patent law
Mathematical models
Intellectual property
Taiwan
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