附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Based ... on the proceedings of the conference ... held at the National Academy of Sciences on January 8-9, 1992"--Page vii.
Intellectual property institutions and the panda's thumb : patents, copyrights, and trade secrets in economic theory and history / Paul A. David -- Why a uniform intellectual property system makes sense for the world / Robert W. Sherwood -- Harmonization versus differentiation in intellectual property right regimes / Claudio R. Frischtak -- Unauthorized use of intellectual property : effects on investment, technology transfer, and innovation / Edwin Mansfield -- Comparative national approaches to intellectual property rights : Japan / James E. Armstrong III -- The European Community / Bryan Harris -- India / Deepak Nayyar -- The newly industrializing economies / Carlos Alberto Primo Braga -- Update on international negotiations on intellectual property rights / Jacques J. Gorlin -- Trends in global science and technology and what they mean for intellectual property systems / John A. Armstrong.
Sectoral views : the research university / John T. Preston -- The federal government / Bruce Merrifield -- U.S. industry / George W. McKinney III -- Intellectual property rights and competitive strategy : a multinational pharmaceutical firm / Otto A. Stamm -- A multinational electronics firm / Michiyuki Uenohara -- The Mexican software industry / Antonio Medina Mora Icaza -- A multinational telecommunications firm / William L. Keefauver -- Adapting the intellectual property system to new technologies / John H. Barton -- A case study on computer programs / Pamela Samuelson -- Biotechnology case study / George B. Rathmann -- Semiconductor chip protection as a case study / Morton David Goldberg -- Optoelectronics / Eugene I. Gordon.