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G. Wunderlich, ‘Property rights and information’, in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Information Revolution, vol. 12. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1974, p. 80.
Industrial Property Advisory Committee (IPAC), Patents, Innovation and Competition in Australia, IPAC, Canberra, 1984.
N. Gruen, I. Bruce & G. Prior, Extending Patent Life: Is It in Australia's Economic Interests, Industry Commission, Canberra, 1996 is a notable Australian exception.
The Economist, 24 January 1998.
Wunderlich, op. cit., Ref. 1, p. 84.
G. Duysters, The Dynamics of Technical Innovation: The Evolution and Development of Information Technology, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1996.
G. Madden, ‘Asia-Pacific information flows and trade’, in S. Macdonald & J. Nightingale (eds), Information and Organization, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998 forthcoming.
D. M. Lamberton, ‘Globaloney: the impact of regions upon the future of emerging markets in information technology and trade’, Pacific Telecommunications Review, 14, 4, p. 3.
L. Pritchett, ‘Divergence, big time’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11, 3, pp. 3-4, 10.
OECD Documents, Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-based Economy, OECD, Paris, 1996, p. 12.
E.g. J. E. Stiglitz, Whither Socialism?, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994; D. Vickers, The Tyranny of the Market: A Critique of Theoretical Economics, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995.
H. R. Varian, ‘Review of D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Economics of Communication and Information’, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48, 12, 1997, p. 1151.
K. J. Arrow, ‘Economic welfare and the allocation of resources for invention’, reprinted in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Economics of Communication and Information, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1996.
P. Mathias, ‘The machine: icon of economic growth’, in S. Macdonald, D. M. Lamberton & T. Mandeville (eds), The Trouble with Technology: Explorations in the Process of Technological Change, Pinter, London, 1983, pp. 18–19.
S. Macdonald (ed.), ‘Informal Information Flow’, International Journal of Technology Management, 11, Special Issue, 1996.
C. Antonelli, ‘Localized knowledge, percolation processes and information networks’, in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The New Research Frontiers of Communications Policy, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 73.
D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information, exploratory behaviour and the design of organizations’, Human Systems Management, 11, 2, 1992, pp. 61–65.
P. P. Streeten, Thinking About Development, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995; P. E. Earl, ‘Information, coordination and macroeconomics’, Information Economics and Policy, 10, 3, 1998, pp. 331–342.
S. Reiter, ‘On endogenous economic regulation’, Economic Design, 2, 2, 1996, pp. 211–243.
D. Smythe, ‘Radion spectrum policy and world needs’, Prometheus, 5, 2, 1987, pp. 263-283; D. M. Lamberton, ‘TRIPS and the GATT negotiations’, The HUB, 4, 2, 1990, pp. 4–5.
P. Drahos, ‘Global property rights in information: the story of TRIPS at the GATT’, Prometheus, 13, 1, 1995, p. 7.
S. Ricketson, ‘New wine into old bottles: technological change and intellectual property rights’, Prometheus, 10, 1, 1992, p. 54 (italics added).
D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information: Pieces, batches or flows?’, in S. C. Dow & P. E. Earl (eds), Economic Organisation and Economic Knowledge: Essays in Honour of Brian Loasby, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1998 forthcoming.
D. M. Lamberton, ‘Pour une taxonomie de l'information’, in A. Mayère (ed.), La Societá Informationnelle: enjaux sociaux et approches áconomiques, Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1997; D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information economics research: points of departure’, Information Economies and Policy, 10, 3, 1998, pp. 325–330.
Karl Marx, ‘Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right’, in D. McLennan (ed.), Karl Marx's Early Texts, Blackwell, Oxford, 1971, p. 69.
D. M. Lamberton, ‘Innovation and intellectual property’, in M. Dodgson & R. Rothwell (eds), The Handbook of Industrial Innovation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1994.
See the papers by Macmillan, Rothnie and Walker this volume on the issue of parallel importation.
J. Lahore, ‘The legal rationale of the patent system’, in IPAC, The Economic Implications of Patents in Australia, Australian Patent Office, Canberra, 1981, pp. 5–20.

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[1] G. Wunderlich, ‘Property rights and information’, in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Information Revolution, vol. 12. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1974, p. 80.

[2] Industrial Property Advisory Committee (IPAC), Patents, Innovation and Competition in Australia, IPAC, Canberra, 1984.

[3] N. Gruen, I. Bruce & G. Prior, Extending Patent Life: Is It in Australia's Economic Interests, Industry Commission, Canberra, 1996 is a notable Australian exception.

[4] The Economist, 24 January 1998.

[5] Wunderlich, op. cit., Ref. 1, p. 84.

[6] G. Duysters, The Dynamics of Technical Innovation: The Evolution and Development of Information Technology, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1996.

[7] G. Madden, ‘Asia-Pacific information flows and trade’, in S. Macdonald & J. Nightingale (eds), Information and Organization, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998 forthcoming.

[8] D. M. Lamberton, ‘Globaloney: the impact of regions upon the future of emerging markets in information technology and trade’, Pacific Telecommunications Review, 14, 4, p. 3.

[9] L. Pritchett, ‘Divergence, big time’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11, 3, pp. 3-4, 10.

[10] OECD Documents, Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-based Economy, OECD, Paris, 1996, p. 12.

[11] E.g. J. E. Stiglitz, Whither Socialism?, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994; D. Vickers, The Tyranny of the Market: A Critique of Theoretical Economics, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995.

[12] H. R. Varian, ‘Review of D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Economics of Communication and Information’, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48, 12, 1997, p. 1151.

[13] K. J. Arrow, ‘Economic welfare and the allocation of resources for invention’, reprinted in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The Economics of Communication and Information, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1996.

[14] P. Mathias, ‘The machine: icon of economic growth’, in S. Macdonald, D. M. Lamberton & T. Mandeville (eds), The Trouble with Technology: Explorations in the Process of Technological Change, Pinter, London, 1983, pp. 18–19.

[15] S. Macdonald (ed.), ‘Informal Information Flow’, International Journal of Technology Management, 11, Special Issue, 1996.

[16] C. Antonelli, ‘Localized knowledge, percolation processes and information networks’, in D. M. Lamberton (ed.), The New Research Frontiers of Communications Policy, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 73.

[17] D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information, exploratory behaviour and the design of organizations’, Human Systems Management, 11, 2, 1992, pp. 61–65.

[18] P. P. Streeten, Thinking About Development, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995; P. E. Earl, ‘Information, coordination and macroeconomics’, Information Economics and Policy, 10, 3, 1998, pp. 331–342.

[19] S. Reiter, ‘On endogenous economic regulation’, Economic Design, 2, 2, 1996, pp. 211–243.

[20] D. Smythe, ‘Radion spectrum policy and world needs’, Prometheus, 5, 2, 1987, pp. 263-283; D. M. Lamberton, ‘TRIPS and the GATT negotiations’, The HUB, 4, 2, 1990, pp. 4–5.

[21] P. Drahos, ‘Global property rights in information: the story of TRIPS at the GATT’, Prometheus, 13, 1, 1995, p. 7.

[22] S. Ricketson, ‘New wine into old bottles: technological change and intellectual property rights’, Prometheus, 10, 1, 1992, p. 54 (italics added).

[23] D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information: Pieces, batches or flows?’, in S. C. Dow & P. E. Earl (eds), Economic Organisation and Economic Knowledge: Essays in Honour of Brian Loasby, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1998 forthcoming.

[24] D. M. Lamberton, ‘Pour une taxonomie de l'information’, in A. Mayère (ed.), La Societá Informationnelle: enjaux sociaux et approches áconomiques, Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1997; D. M. Lamberton, ‘Information economics research: points of departure’, Information Economies and Policy, 10, 3, 1998, pp. 325–330.

[25] Karl Marx, ‘Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right’, in D. McLennan (ed.), Karl Marx's Early Texts, Blackwell, Oxford, 1971, p. 69.

[26] D. M. Lamberton, ‘Innovation and intellectual property’, in M. Dodgson & R. Rothwell (eds), The Handbook of Industrial Innovation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1994.

[27] See the papers by Macmillan, Rothnie and Walker this volume on the issue of parallel importation.

[28] J. Lahore, ‘The legal rationale of the patent system’, in IPAC, The Economic Implications of Patents in Australia, Australian Patent Office, Canberra, 1981, pp. 5–20.

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