演講摘要 : How and to what extent does strengthening intellectual property rights (IPR) affect innovative activity in newly-industrialized economies (NIEs) and does stronger patents in length induce more aggressive patenting behaviors by firms? This paper investigates the responses of high-tech firms to Taiwan’s patent reform of 1994. The propensity of high-tech firms to patent rose gradually before patent reform and showed a secular increase afterward patent reform, supporting the viewpoint that the upsurge of patents can, to some degree, be plausibly attributed to patent reform, yet the increasing trend does not seem to last long term. Furthermore, patenting capability may plays as an “access ticket” for potential entrants to go into a science park under the circumstance toward stronger IPR protections, and they tend to have a better post-entry performance in patenting relative to the incumbents over the short-term.
