Discrimination against Foreigners
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<span>Some economists doubt whether it makes sense to push developing
countries to introduce strict national patent laws because the enforcement of
foreigners’ intellectual property rights prevents companies from catching up by
learning through imitation. As the historical case of the German state Wuerttemberg
demonstrates, however, a government’s lip service to the principle of equal
treatment does not guarantee that its administration adheres to this formal
rule. We show that the patent office of Wuerttemberg strategically
discriminated against foreign inventors for fiscal and protectionist reasons. Comparatively
high patent fees led foreign inventors to waive their patent protection
prematurely. The study is based on individual patents granted in Wuerttemberg (Germany) in the period between 1820 and 1868.</span>
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创建时间：
2020-03-06
