Intellectual property rights and domestic imitation and innovation TRIPs agreement – would firms in LDCs suffer loss of ability to imitate as country strengthened IPRs This might outweigh rise in domestic incentive to innovate Chen and Puttitanum (2005) contrast benefits of low IPRs in poorest LDCs (imitation dominates) and benefits of stronger IPRs in richer LDCs (innovation dominates) C.
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