Mohammad Hadi Mirshmsi; Maryam Farzi
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Research is considered to be one of the elements for development in all countries. Policymakers strive to improve and increase it in terms of quality and quantity. They also aim to manage results of researches. For this reason, governments, directly and indirectly, attempt to carry out researches and ...
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Research is considered to be one of the elements for development in all countries. Policymakers strive to improve and increase it in terms of quality and quantity. They also aim to manage results of researches. For this reason, governments, directly and indirectly, attempt to carry out researches and resolve society needs in some fields in which private sectors cannot or are not interested in investing and being active. Publicly funded research in developing countries is more common and most researches are carried out by public funds. Ownership and the method of utilization of research results are main issues in this area. These issues are important not only due to intellectual property, creators and innovators’ rights, but also due to the management of rights for the best economic result for the benefit of societies. This issue has been discussed in some countries since several decades ago and the Bayh-Dole Act has been the first and the most important Act that is related to intellectual property in publicly funded research. Many countries have regarded the Bayh-Dole Act as a model for adopting their legislation. This article discusses features of the Bayh-Dole. By examining Iranian law in this context, it also proposes the points which should be considered by Iran as a developing country
Mehdi Zahedi; Amid mohammadi
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Tourism is the third largest generator of jobs and investment industry after oil and automotive industries. Tourism industry is among new domains which is being supported through the body of intellectual property rights in terms of literary and artistic property as well as industrial property. Nowadays, ...
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Tourism is the third largest generator of jobs and investment industry after oil and automotive industries. Tourism industry is among new domains which is being supported through the body of intellectual property rights in terms of literary and artistic property as well as industrial property. Nowadays, various issues relating to intellectual property in the tourism industry can develop this sector and attract more tourists. Therefore, considering these issues as traditional cultural expression (folklore), architecture works, geographical indications and trademarks has been very common and popular. Like other industries, tourism has related goods and services. It also has a lot of major and various factors influencing this industry. These factors might be based on attractiveness and competitiveness. (Such as brands tourist destinations). This paper attempts to answer these questions: What is the role of intellectual property rights in protection and competitiveness of the tourism industry? Can this legal regime provide opportunities and adequate protection measures to increase productivity and fair competition for stakeholders in the industry? To answer these questions, this article analyses the capacities of the existing intellectual property system in the framework of folklore, architecture works, geographical indication, and collective marks in order to protecting artistic and cultural tourism, agricultural (rural) tourism and health tourism as well as development of tourism destination brand.
