Gowers Review of Intellectual Property
Gowers, Andrew2006
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Abstract: This report examines the importance of intellectual property (IP), ranging from patents, copyright, design and trade marks, and whether in the age of globalization, digitization and increasing economic specialization it still creates incentives for innovation, without unduly limiting access to consumers and stifling further innovation. The report does recommend a radical overhaul of the system, with the review concentrating on three areas, and setting out the following recommendations: (i) strengthening enforcement of IP rights, whether through clamping down on piracy or trade in counterfeit goods; (ii) reducing costs of registering and litigating IP rights for businesses large and small; (iii) improving the balance and flexibility of IP rights to allow individuals, businesses and institutions to use content in ways consistent with the digital age.
Main title:
Gowers Review of Intellectual Property / Andrew Gowers.
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Imprint:
London : Stationery Office, 2006.
Collation:
141p. ; figs ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Dated December 2006. The Gowers Review, commissioned in December 2005 as part of the Government's commitment to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on the private, public and voluntary sectors, examines the UK's intellectual property (IP) framework. It covers both the instruments (patents, copyright, designs etc.) provided by government to protect creative endeavour, as well as operational issues such as how IP is awarded, how it is licensed in the market, and how it is enforced. This is one of a series of reviews, commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, accompanying the pre-Budget report 2006 (to be published 6 December 2006, Cm. 6984, ISBN 0101698429). More information on the Gowers Review can be found at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual_property/gowersreview_index.cfm.
ISBN:
0118404830
Dewey class:
346.048608346.048GOW
Language:
English
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Index terms:
Intellectual property: ReviewsGowers Review: Intellectual property: ReviewsRegulatory reform: Gowers Review: Intellectual property: Reviews
BRN:
85262