Description[]
Establish the protection of innovative ideas by granting their creators a period of monopoly over their use. Advocates of intellectual property rights claim that invention is incentivized by allowing the owners of ideas to benefit financially. The aim is to promote creativity and progress. However, in practice the use of these rights tends to favor the resource rich, who can pay for rights registration and enforcement.
Political Capital[]
Implementation time: 8
Introduction cost: 10
Effects[]
+Foreign Relations (8)
+Foreign Investment (8)
+Technology (16)
-Poor (0)
+Capitalists (0)