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The paper presents an affirmative case for why a well-developed, carefully balanced system of intellectual property rights provides a fundamental foundation for promoting and achieving sustained creativity, innovation and economic performance, and why it is indispensable to get the policy framework for IPR “right.” The second section of the BIAC paper draws upon this forward-looking, affirmative case for IPRs to suggest the pivotal role that the OECD should play in this area.
BIAC recommends that the OECD undertake an enhanced and comprehensive work program related to intellectual property over the next few years and integrate IPRs more fully, including the quality and scope of IPRs, as a core enabling condition for innovation in all OECD countries.
The paper sets forth a proactive action plan of those IPR-related activities that business believes are the most important for promoting innovation and economic growth. This includes a number of suggestions for further work, such as focusing on emerging technological and economic drivers and developing new approaches to counterfeiting enforcement, such as an Anti-Counterfeiting Convention.
Staff contact: Stefanie Dearie
BIAC paper: “An Affirmative Case for Intellectual Property Rights” (BIAC website)
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