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The American Models Of Technology Transfer: Contextualized Emulation By Developing Countries?, Benton C. Martin
The American Models Of Technology Transfer: Contextualized Emulation By Developing Countries?, Benton C. Martin
Benton C. Martin
Patents are an essential part of the US economy, sparked by ground-breaking legislation, the Bayh-Dole Act and the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, which allowed ownership of technology resulting from research funded by the federal government, though it is far from clear whether this same type of legislation would benefit developing countries. Yet because of the legislation’s success in the United States, developing countries are increasingly adopting the same approach. Thus, studying how this legislation might be adopted by developing countries is an important topic. This article emphasized that that these two particular pieces of legislation have been tailored to specific …