tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8581109918133815436..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Why having a trade surplus in IP may not be such a good thingVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-61366674135997702172016-03-27T14:16:18.539+01:002016-03-27T14:16:18.539+01:00(1) I am unable to find any evidence to support Fo...(1) I am unable to find any evidence to support Fox's assertions and (2) even if he is right where is his utility function? Explaining (2): what if the IP, wherever it comes from, is incapable of generating jobs? It should not count. Also what of synthetic utility where the IP generates market activity or economic benefits in the country of origin and that, in turn, generates benefits abroad - put bluntly and in an ostensive way do you think that European film distributors would distribute if there was nothing in it for them?<br /><br />Best to treat IP separately as the other Michael Spence (now in Auz and much missed) would.<br /><br />AshleyAshley Roughtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867564640201688641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-82860244678419756022016-03-25T18:20:16.379+00:002016-03-25T18:20:16.379+00:00The notion that "trade flows" is what is...The notion that "trade flows" is what is causing the "<i>namely that IP is threatened with being lumped together with other factors that are claimed by some as responsible for the increasing social and economic inequality that has come to dominate public discourse</i>" is Pollyanna at best.<br /><br />The cause is far more clear and far more direct: just look at exactly who attempted to popularize the pejorative "Tr011" in the U.S.<br /><br />Hint: it was Big Corp and it was NOT to the benefit of <b>anyone</b> except Big Corp.THE US anonnoreply@blogger.com