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The Impacts of Intellectual Property–Related Preferential Trade Agreements on Bilateral Patent Applications

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dc.contributor.authorHoward, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorMaskus, Keith E.
dc.contributor.authorRidley, William C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T19:17:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T16:41:57Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T19:17:30Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T16:41:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractIntellectual property rights have become a central emphasis in the negotiation of “deep” preferential trade agreements containing provisions on regulatory environments besides trade policy. These provisions typically require member countries to implement heightened standards on various aspects of intellectual property rights, such as coverage and enforcement, that go beyond the baseline requirements of international intellectual property rights agreements such as the World Tarde Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement. This study implements a structural gravity framework to investigate empirically the impacts of these agreements on bilateral international patenting, to quantify the effects of countries’ membership in intellectual property–related preferential trade agreements on within-agreement patent applications at national patent offices, as well as extra–preferential trade agreement patenting at member country destinations originating from non-member countries. The study further explores the heterogeneity of these effects as originating from the attributes of the agreements, such as whether the major partner in the agreement is the United States or the European Union/European Free Trade Association, and the presence of key “Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights–Plus” provisions in the agreement texts. The findings suggest that intellectual property rights standards in preferential trade agreements tend to generate positive impacts on international patenting, and that the specific features of the agreements give rise to significant disparities in these impacts. Most intriguing is that those agreements involving multiple Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights–Plus norms significantly increase patenting within members compared to patenting from outside those areas, while other types of intellectual property rights encourage more patenting from non-members.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099542502272322978/IDU0b016b1000edc904e7b09a5b07cc7a41e8287
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10319
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39482
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10320
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDEEP TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectTRADE REGULATIONS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectCOPYRIGHT REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectTRADE GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectPATENT APPLICATION RESEARCH
dc.titleThe Impacts of Intellectual Property–Related Preferential Trade Agreements on Bilateral Patent Applicationsen
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okr.crossref.titleTrade, Emissions, and Environmental Spillovers: Issue Linkages in Regional Trade Agreements∗
okr.date.disclosure2023-02-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:25:09.336289Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-27T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099542502272322978/IDU0b016b1000edc904e7b09a5b07cc7a41e8287
okr.guid099542502272322978
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10319
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-b016b100-edc9-4e7b-9a5b-7cc7a41e8287
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34009816
okr.identifier.reportWPS10320
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099542502272322978/pdf/IDU0b016b1000edc904e7b09a5b07cc7a41e8287.pdfen
okr.topicLaw and Development::International Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Real & Intellectual Property Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Trade Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Treaties
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Intellectual Property Rights
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