Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN

Innovation has been identified as a critical indicator for an economy to succeed in the fourth industrial revolution. Historically, some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been better known for violation of intellectual rights rather than their protection. However, this is ch...

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Main Authors: Robert Smith, Nucharee Smith, Mark Perry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bina Nusantara University 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of ASEAN Studies
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Online Access:https://journal.binus.ac.id/index.php/jas/article/view/7975
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description Innovation has been identified as a critical indicator for an economy to succeed in the fourth industrial revolution. Historically, some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been better known for violation of intellectual rights rather than their protection. However, this is changing as their economies develop and they have been better integrated into the global economy. Integration has been facilitated by their membership of the World Trade Organization and bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between individual states and their trading parties. ASEAN has entered into plurilateral FTAs with some of its trade partners. A key element of these plurilateral FTAs is that most dedicate a Chapter on the protection of intellectual property rights. These clauses have two essential elements. Firstly, they set out the obligations of the parties to protect intellectual property rights and their commitment to seek membership of intellectual property treaties. Secondly, the parties undertake to assist the lesser developed members with improving their processes and procedures so that they can accede to appropriate treaties. The research analysed the impact of these multilateral FTAs on the protection of patents and marks by the individual ASEAN members.
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spelling doaj.art-c08e1fd5ce99478f8fb2fa061170a8012023-09-18T03:48:04ZengBina Nusantara UniversityJournal of ASEAN Studies2338-13612338-13532023-06-011118711010.21512/jas.v11i1.79757049Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEANRobert Smith0Nucharee Smith1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9739-615XMark Perry2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4251-3405School of Law, University of New England, AustraliaDepartment of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University, Thailand School of Law, University of New England, AustraliaInnovation has been identified as a critical indicator for an economy to succeed in the fourth industrial revolution. Historically, some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been better known for violation of intellectual rights rather than their protection. However, this is changing as their economies develop and they have been better integrated into the global economy. Integration has been facilitated by their membership of the World Trade Organization and bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between individual states and their trading parties. ASEAN has entered into plurilateral FTAs with some of its trade partners. A key element of these plurilateral FTAs is that most dedicate a Chapter on the protection of intellectual property rights. These clauses have two essential elements. Firstly, they set out the obligations of the parties to protect intellectual property rights and their commitment to seek membership of intellectual property treaties. Secondly, the parties undertake to assist the lesser developed members with improving their processes and procedures so that they can accede to appropriate treaties. The research analysed the impact of these multilateral FTAs on the protection of patents and marks by the individual ASEAN members.https://journal.binus.ac.id/index.php/jas/article/view/7975innovationplurilateral free trade agreementsintellectual property rightspatentstrade-marks
spellingShingle Robert Smith
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Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
Journal of ASEAN Studies
innovation
plurilateral free trade agreements
intellectual property rights
patents
trade-marks
title Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
title_full Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
title_fullStr Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
title_short Impact of Pluri-Lateral Free Trade Agreements on Innovation: Example of ASEAN
title_sort impact of pluri lateral free trade agreements on innovation example of asean
topic innovation
plurilateral free trade agreements
intellectual property rights
patents
trade-marks
url https://journal.binus.ac.id/index.php/jas/article/view/7975
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