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> this was an unforeseen advantage of good US IP law that other countries are trying to replicate More common, from what I've seen, is smaller countries reluct
by ramblenode 5y ago
> this was an unforeseen advantage of good US IP law that other countries are trying to replicate
More common, from what I've seen, is smaller countries reluctant to adopt liberal US-style IP law and being pressured to do so by the US State Department as a condition in trade negotiations and foreign aid. The US delegation was the principal pusher of IP reform in the TPP, and this evaporated when the US left.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThe benefits of strong IP law are not apparent at first. It happened in the US through trial and error during both world wars and then up through the decades, e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act I only know this due to some policy courses I took during IAP when I was at MIT.