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Introduction
Pages 189-191

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... The papers in this section address the changing nature of scientific and technological advance and the implications of those changes for the role of IPRS in organizations in different industries, economic sectors, and countries. With the global diffusion of technological capability, competition in technology-intensive goods and piracy of intellectual property have increased.
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From page 190...
... He criticizes the higher fees on the basis that they obstruct advancement of the public welfare by contributing to higher product costs. He argues that it is time to restore the original purpose of intellectual property law, which he views as "to legally protect the inventor's right in order to promote the application of such valuable intellectual creations for the benefit of the public welfare." Antonio Medina Mora Icaza discusses the implications of recent changes
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... The following chapters illustrate that one of the principal effects of recent changes in the nature of scientific and technological advance has been to increase the importance of {PRS to organizations involved with technology, whether they be in industry, academia, or government. They also show that there are differences of opinion on the appropriate and adequate protection of intellectual property and on whether the present {PR system is functioning adequately, and that those differences do not correspond simply to sectoral, industrial, or national lines.
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