THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL PATENT HARMONIZATION ON GLOBAL COMPETITION

Abstract

Recent efforts by Western, developed countries, particularly the United States, to achieve “harmonization” of global intellectual property (IP) laws predominantly along Western lines may fail to serve the best interests of the less‐developed countries (LDCs), the newly‐industrializing countries (NICs), and perhaps the international community generally. Such IP harmonization has been a centerpiece of numerous international conferences in forums such as the GATT negotiations, of various bilateral and multilateral negotiations such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and of unilateral threats of trade sanctions by the United States (Fiorito, 1991).

Citation

Silverstein, D. (1995), "THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL PATENT HARMONIZATION ON GLOBAL COMPETITION", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046318