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Property rights and danger of a new form of colonialism

By Alfred B Engelberg

Published: November 21 2005 02:00 | Last updated: November 21 2005 02:00

From Mr Alfred B. Engelberg.

Sir, A failure to strike the appropriate balance between intellectual property rights and open access to knowledge can harm innovation, competition and economic growth in both developed and developing countries. Put simply, patents of poor quality and overly restrictive access to copyrighted materials containing important knowledge are bad for the global economy.

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