?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+State+of+Intellectual+Property+Education+Worldwide&rft.creator=Lakhan%2C+Shaheen+E&rft.creator=Khurana%2C+Meenakshi+K&rft.subject=Economics&rft.subject=Copyright&rft.description=The+importance+of+intellectual+property+(IP)+in+today's+world+cannot+be+overstated+and%2C+indeed%2C+it+is+receiving+a+great+deal+of+attention+worldwide.+To+advance+the+cause+of+the+rights+and+wrongs+of+the+laws+that+promote+and+protect+intellectual+property+at+the+national+and+international+levels%2C+education+in+intellectual+property+is+required+and+must+be+advocated.+We+must+make+individuals%2C+industries%2C+and+governments+aware+of+the+concept+of+intellectual+property%2C+and+only+then+can+they+take+positions+on+the+issue+in+order+to+effect+change.+This+paper+explains+the+concept+of+intellectual+property+rights+and+provides+a+detailed+overview+of+the+state+of+IP+education+worldwide.+The+discussion+divides+the+globe+on+the+basis+of+economic+distinctions+between+nations+and+studies+the+question+in+the+context+of+their+developmental+levels%3A+developed%2C+developing%2C+or+underdeveloped.&rft.publisher=Academic+Leadership&rft.date=2007-07&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5640%2F1%2FIP_Education.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lakhan%2C+Shaheen+E+and+Khurana%2C+Meenakshi+K++(2007)+The+State+of+Intellectual+Property+Education+Worldwide.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5640%2F