Revision with unchanged content. This book explores the reform of intellectual
property regulation policies with respect to computer software within two
advanced industrial nations after 1980. A comparative case analysis of the
United States and Japan provides insight as to how advanced industrial nations
have responded to market forces, competing private interests, and
international pressure for policy harmonization in the construction and
implementation of intellectual property regulation reforms. This study shows
that ideological and structural arrangements of state institutions have
influenced the extent of liberalization in intellectual property policy, and
the preservation of equilibrium between individual rights and public interests
in the establishment of intellectual property.
Revision with unchanged content. This book explores the reform of intellectual
property regulation policies with respect to computer software within two
advanced industrial nations after 1980. A comparative case analysis of the
United States and Japan provides insight as to how advanced industrial nations
have responded to market forces, competing private interests, and
international pressure for policy harmonization in the construction and
implementation of intellectual property regulation reforms. This study shows
that ideological and structural arrangements of state institutions have
influenced the extent of liberalization in intellectual property policy, and
the preservation of equilibrium between individual rights and public interests
in the establishment of intellectual property.
