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THREAD: Today is #WorldIPDay. The trade conflict with China has shed light on the importance of intellectual property to economic growth, national security, and more. Here are some of our related pieces for #WorldIPDay2019 @WIPO: (1/6)
President Trump’s revised tariffs from the summer of 2018 to protect US technology and intellectual property would mostly miss Chinese companies & instead hit non-Chinese multinational corporations operating in China. By @melovely_max #PIIECharts (2/6)
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.@melovely_max also gave testimony before @USCC_GOV about US companies in China following a @USTradeRep Section 301 report providing evidence of multiple forms of intellectual property appropriation by the Chinese. (3/6) piie.com/commentary/tes…
#IntellectualProperty rights (both patents and trademarks) constitute barriers to entry for smaller companies and confer monopoly control over plant varieties. Commercial breeders argue that IPR would give them the incentive to domesticate new species... (1/3)
...of fruits and vegetables or, at least, to expand the market for a wider range of crops; however, there has been little to no increase or expansion (Dutfeld, 2000; Phillips McDougall, 2013). (2/3)
Meanwhile, the genetic diversity publicly available to plant researchers for breeding has declined by 75% since the 1960s. #innovation #WorldIPDay #WorldIPDay2019
See our report Too Big Too Feed: bit.ly/2Bg2Fd
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See our report Too Big Too Feed: bit.ly/2Bg2Fd
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