Published: January 2014 Main findings (pdf) |
Innovation plays a pivotal role in economic development: this is one important lesson of the past decades. The build-up of innovation capacities has been central to successful growth experiences. Intellectual property (IP) rights are important for building up those innovation capacities, and are even more pivotal to the knowledge economy where intangible assets are critical. For this reason the national IP system is a policy area of potentially significant impact on innovation. This publication addresses the role of national systems of IP in the socio-economic development of emerging countries, notably through their impact on innovation. It presents a framework that identifies the key mechanisms that enable IP systems to support emerging countries’ innovation and development objectives. This allows country studies to be conducted to identify strengths and weaknesses in the IP system from the perspective of contributions to national innovation performance. The report also discusses two IP country studies conducted for Colombia and Indonesia. These are based on analyses of the national IP systems, drawing on country missions that gathered detailed information and feedback from stakeholders on IP-related priorities and bottlenecks. Concrete policy recommendations are provided for both countries. |
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EventsPublication presentation, Paris, 13 January 2014 Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2014 Bogota, Colombia, March 2014 |
Presentation of the project publicationParis, France, 13 January 2014 Summary record (pdf) |
The purpose of this event was to introduce the newly released first publication of the OECD Intellectual Property Systems, Innovation and Development project (learn more about the project). The meeting's objectives were to:
Chair: Dirk Pilat, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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Colombia’s Intellectual Property system
Chair: Tony Clayton, Chief Economist, UK IPO
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Indonesia’s Intellectual Property system
Chair: Dominique Guellec,Head of Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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