The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries

Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rig...

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Main Authors:	Fink, Carsten, Maskus, Keith E., Qian, Yi
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	HARMONIZATION MERCHANDISE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUBSTITUTION INVENTIONS TRANSMISSIONS SALES POLICY FRAMEWORK BUYER CONTENT CREATORS LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION FLOWS VIDEO INFORMATION MONITORING COPYRIGHTS P2P NETWORKS ECONOMIC EFFECTS FREEWARE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS TRANSMISSION MONOPOLY PRICES FILE SHARING MARKET FAILURE PRICE TRADEMARK PRODUCT QUALITY PC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MERCHANDISE TRADE COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL CONTENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INSTITUTIONS MARKET SEGMENT BRAND NAME ADVERTISING DATA LEGAL SYSTEMS MARKET ENTRY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GLOBAL ECONOMY COMMERCE COMPUTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TRADEMARKS DOMAIN VIDEO GAMES INCOME INEQUALITY LICENSE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE SURPLUS PRODUCTS CUSTOMS TARGETS PRODUCTIVITY RELEVANT MARKET MONOPOLY CONTENT PROVIDERS EMERGING MARKET SOFTWARE PACKAGE BUYERS BARRIERS TO ENTRY MARKETING MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEB BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARTISANS CONSUMER DEMAND SUBSTITUTES BRAND MARKET PRICE USERS TECHNOLOGY R&D TRANSACTION AVAILABILITY OF DATA PDF HUMAN CAPITAL RELIABILITY BUSINESS SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INNOVATION POLICIES SOFTWARE SOFTWARE PIRACY RESULTS DIGITAL INFORMATION MARKET FAILURES VALUE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEMAND NETWORKS PRODUCT CATEGORIES VIDEOS END-USER SALE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS MARKET CONFIDENTIALITY PRICE DISCRIMINATION MARKET COMPETITION RESULT INNOVATION POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BUSINESSES BUSINESS NETWORK PEER-TO-PEER MOTION PICTURES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE MARKET POWER MARKETPLACE INNOVATION PROFIT FUNCTIONALITY INVESTMENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEW TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS PROFITS IP LABOR MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES MOTION PICTURE PRIVATE SECTORS TARGET P2P FILE SHARING PRICES USES MARKET FORCES SPREAD PIRACY USER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994655/economic-effects-counterfeiting-piracy-review-implications-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23923

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spelling	okr-10986-239232021-04-23T14:04:18Z The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi HARMONIZATION MERCHANDISE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUBSTITUTION INVENTIONS TRANSMISSIONS SALES POLICY FRAMEWORK BUYER CONTENT CREATORS LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION FLOWS VIDEO INFORMATION MONITORING COPYRIGHTS P2P NETWORKS ECONOMIC EFFECTS FREEWARE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS TRANSMISSION MONOPOLY PRICES FILE SHARING MARKET FAILURE PRICE TRADEMARK PRODUCT QUALITY PC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MERCHANDISE TRADE COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL CONTENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INSTITUTIONS MARKET SEGMENT BRAND NAME ADVERTISING DATA LEGAL SYSTEMS MARKET ENTRY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GLOBAL ECONOMY COMMERCE COMPUTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TRADEMARKS DOMAIN VIDEO GAMES INCOME INEQUALITY LICENSE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE SURPLUS PRODUCTS CUSTOMS TARGETS PRODUCTIVITY RELEVANT MARKET MONOPOLY CONTENT PROVIDERS EMERGING MARKET SOFTWARE PACKAGE BUYERS BARRIERS TO ENTRY MARKETING MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEB BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARTISANS CONSUMER DEMAND SUBSTITUTES BRAND MARKET PRICE USERS TECHNOLOGY R&D TRANSACTION AVAILABILITY OF DATA PDF HUMAN CAPITAL RELIABILITY BUSINESS SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INNOVATION POLICIES SOFTWARE SOFTWARE PIRACY RESULTS DIGITAL INFORMATION MARKET FAILURES VALUE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEMAND NETWORKS PRODUCT CATEGORIES VIDEOS END-USER SALE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS MARKET CONFIDENTIALITY PRICE DISCRIMINATION MARKET COMPETITION RESULT INNOVATION POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BUSINESSES BUSINESS NETWORK PEER-TO-PEER MOTION PICTURES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE MARKET POWER MARKETPLACE INNOVATION PROFIT FUNCTIONALITY INVESTMENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEW TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS PROFITS IP LABOR MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES MOTION PICTURE PRIVATE SECTORS TARGET P2P FILE SHARING PRICES USES MARKET FORCES SPREAD PIRACY USER Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further, minimum standards of enforcement have been incorporated in many international treaties, especially trade agreements. This emphasis on enforcement raises basic questions about the actual impacts of IP rights infringement, which differ across the types of IPR and economic sectors. The authors review the academic literature and other studies in the public domain to evaluate what has been learned about these socioeconomic effects, with an emphasis on developing countries where possible. They also identify important gaps in our understanding of the consequences of counterfeiting and piracy and develop recommendations on how governments might collect data and conduct studies to better inform IPR enforcement policy. 2016-03-09T23:30:07Z 2016-03-09T23:30:07Z 2016-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994655/economic-effects-counterfeiting-piracy-review-implications-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23923 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7586 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	HARMONIZATION MERCHANDISE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUBSTITUTION INVENTIONS TRANSMISSIONS SALES POLICY FRAMEWORK BUYER CONTENT CREATORS LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION FLOWS VIDEO INFORMATION MONITORING COPYRIGHTS P2P NETWORKS ECONOMIC EFFECTS FREEWARE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS TRANSMISSION MONOPOLY PRICES FILE SHARING MARKET FAILURE PRICE TRADEMARK PRODUCT QUALITY PC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MERCHANDISE TRADE COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL CONTENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INSTITUTIONS MARKET SEGMENT BRAND NAME ADVERTISING DATA LEGAL SYSTEMS MARKET ENTRY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GLOBAL ECONOMY COMMERCE COMPUTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TRADEMARKS DOMAIN VIDEO GAMES INCOME INEQUALITY LICENSE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE SURPLUS PRODUCTS CUSTOMS TARGETS PRODUCTIVITY RELEVANT MARKET MONOPOLY CONTENT PROVIDERS EMERGING MARKET SOFTWARE PACKAGE BUYERS BARRIERS TO ENTRY MARKETING MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEB BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARTISANS CONSUMER DEMAND SUBSTITUTES BRAND MARKET PRICE USERS TECHNOLOGY R&D TRANSACTION AVAILABILITY OF DATA PDF HUMAN CAPITAL RELIABILITY BUSINESS SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INNOVATION POLICIES SOFTWARE SOFTWARE PIRACY RESULTS DIGITAL INFORMATION MARKET FAILURES VALUE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEMAND NETWORKS PRODUCT CATEGORIES VIDEOS END-USER SALE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS MARKET CONFIDENTIALITY PRICE DISCRIMINATION MARKET COMPETITION RESULT INNOVATION POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BUSINESSES BUSINESS NETWORK PEER-TO-PEER MOTION PICTURES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE MARKET POWER MARKETPLACE INNOVATION PROFIT FUNCTIONALITY INVESTMENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEW TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS PROFITS IP LABOR MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES MOTION PICTURE PRIVATE SECTORS TARGET P2P FILE SHARING PRICES USES MARKET FORCES SPREAD PIRACY USER
spellingShingle	HARMONIZATION MERCHANDISE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUBSTITUTION INVENTIONS TRANSMISSIONS SALES POLICY FRAMEWORK BUYER CONTENT CREATORS LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION FLOWS VIDEO INFORMATION MONITORING COPYRIGHTS P2P NETWORKS ECONOMIC EFFECTS FREEWARE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS TRANSMISSION MONOPOLY PRICES FILE SHARING MARKET FAILURE PRICE TRADEMARK PRODUCT QUALITY PC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MERCHANDISE TRADE COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL CONTENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INSTITUTIONS MARKET SEGMENT BRAND NAME ADVERTISING DATA LEGAL SYSTEMS MARKET ENTRY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GLOBAL ECONOMY COMMERCE COMPUTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TRADEMARKS DOMAIN VIDEO GAMES INCOME INEQUALITY LICENSE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE SURPLUS PRODUCTS CUSTOMS TARGETS PRODUCTIVITY RELEVANT MARKET MONOPOLY CONTENT PROVIDERS EMERGING MARKET SOFTWARE PACKAGE BUYERS BARRIERS TO ENTRY MARKETING MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEB BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARTISANS CONSUMER DEMAND SUBSTITUTES BRAND MARKET PRICE USERS TECHNOLOGY R&D TRANSACTION AVAILABILITY OF DATA PDF HUMAN CAPITAL RELIABILITY BUSINESS SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INNOVATION POLICIES SOFTWARE SOFTWARE PIRACY RESULTS DIGITAL INFORMATION MARKET FAILURES VALUE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEMAND NETWORKS PRODUCT CATEGORIES VIDEOS END-USER SALE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS MARKET CONFIDENTIALITY PRICE DISCRIMINATION MARKET COMPETITION RESULT INNOVATION POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BUSINESSES BUSINESS NETWORK PEER-TO-PEER MOTION PICTURES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE MARKET POWER MARKETPLACE INNOVATION PROFIT FUNCTIONALITY INVESTMENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEW TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS PROFITS IP LABOR MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES MOTION PICTURE PRIVATE SECTORS TARGET P2P FILE SHARING PRICES USES MARKET FORCES SPREAD PIRACY USER Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7586
description	Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries have recently initiated policy reforms to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Further, minimum standards of enforcement have been incorporated in many international treaties, especially trade agreements. This emphasis on enforcement raises basic questions about the actual impacts of IP rights infringement, which differ across the types of IPR and economic sectors. The authors review the academic literature and other studies in the public domain to evaluate what has been learned about these socioeconomic effects, with an emphasis on developing countries where possible. They also identify important gaps in our understanding of the consequences of counterfeiting and piracy and develop recommendations on how governments might collect data and conduct studies to better inform IPR enforcement policy.
format	Working Paper
author	Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi
author_facet	Fink, Carsten Maskus, Keith E. Qian, Yi
author_sort	Fink, Carsten
title	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_short	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_full	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_fullStr	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries
title_sort	economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy : a review and implications for developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994655/economic-effects-counterfeiting-piracy-review-implications-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23923
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The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications for Developing Countries

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