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Chapter 42 Intellectual Property Rights in the New Economy The chapter critically reviews the complex relationships between the rationales for intellectual property rights (IPRs) on the one hand, and the social and economic effects of such on the other hand. Only when we understand this relationship, will we be able to design appropriate IPR regimes for the new techno-economic paradigm of knowledge-based micro-electronics and computer implemented pervasive inventions (including software, computer games, business methods, etc.). The focus is on moral rationales, economic incentive rationales, increased competition and ‘market protection of entrepreneurial talent’ rationales, and the economic rationales for organising science, technology and creativity. It is argued that IPR systems are not neutral, but set the rules of the game in which individuals and organisations are the players.
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