Comments on: Celebrate World Intellectual Property Day http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/ Freshly Brewed Bio/Pharma Chat. Served Up Daily. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:54:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blawg Review #106 | BlawgIT http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/comment-page-1/#comment-65269 Blawg Review #106 | BlawgIT Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:41:05 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/#comment-65269 [...] patents of the Living Dead, while Stephen Albainy-Jenei of Patent Baristas invites us to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. Ilanah Simon of IPKat tells us about the first ever copyright trading floor opening in Ho Chi Minh [...] [...] patents of the Living Dead, while Stephen Albainy-Jenei of Patent Baristas invites us to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. Ilanah Simon of IPKat tells us about the first ever copyright trading floor opening in Ho Chi Minh [...]

]]> By: Stephan Kinsella http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/comment-page-1/#comment-6371 Stephan Kinsella Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:51:37 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/#comment-6371 It's interesting how utilitarian arguments in favor of IP--that it encourages or stimulates extra innovation--which is the explicit goal of "IP Day"--never stop to ask what the costs of the IP system are, to make sure that the benefits it generates are greater than the costs. I discuss this issue in my article There's No Such Thing As A Free Patent ( http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?Id=1763 ). It’s interesting how utilitarian arguments in favor of IP–that it encourages or stimulates extra innovation–which is the explicit goal of “IP Day”–never stop to ask what the costs of the IP system are, to make sure that the benefits it generates are greater than the costs. I discuss this issue in my article There’s No Such Thing As A Free Patent ( http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?Id=1763 ).

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