http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/04/26/celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrate-world-intellectual-property-day Freshly Brewed Bio/Pharma Chat. Served Up Daily. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 [...]

]]> 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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