The focus of much of the analysis of the intellectual property (IP) system is on the role of IP rights as incentives. This neo-classical economics approach does not acknowledge the range of circumstances and decisions that constitute the IP system. If the work of behavioural economists is considered instead, then a more nuanced understanding is available. The research here adopts the concept of ‘motivators’ from the latter body of thought and applies it to decisions made around patents, copyright, trade marks and, in order to more fully explore the issues, know-how. Further, three sets of decisions will be considered – those before the innovation is created, those relating to the distribution of the creation and those relating to their unauthorized use. The analysis of the decisions will engage with the issues of risk, negotiation and the role of legal advice in some of the decisions; thereby rounding out the analysis of decisions in terms of the internal assessments of the parties themselves.

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有关创新及其推动因素的决策：专利，版权，商标和专有技术

知识产权（IP）系统分析的大部分重点是知识产权作为激励措施的作用。这种新古典经济学方法并不承认构成知识产权制度的各种情况和决定。如果改为考虑行为经济学家的工作，则可以获得更细微的了解。这里的研究采用了后一种思想中的“动机”概念，并将其应用于围绕专利，版权，商标以及为了更充分地探索问题，专有技术而做出的决策。此外，将考虑三组决策–创造创新之前的决策，与创作的分配有关的决策以及与未经授权使用有关的决策。决策分析将涉及风险问题，谈判以及某些决定中法律咨询的作用；从而根据当事方自身的内部评估来完善决策分析。