Investigation the effect of Intellectual Property Rights on Export

Different levels of knowledge and technology among countries play a key role in describing the development gap between them. Hardware-based technology comprises equipment and machinery and software-based technology is an outcome of human intellect. The latter is protected by intellectual property rights. Protection of patents and inventions within the intellectual property framework plays a significant (because “key role” came in the last sentence) role in trade development of countries; this is because new ideas that their property has been protected can create or strengthen competitive advantages. In this paper, we investigate the effect of protection of intellectual property rights on the export of Group 15 member countries during 1995-2007. For this purpose, the index of patent applications is used as an indicator of the level of protection of intellectual property rights. The effect of protection of property rights to export has been surveyed directly and through other variables such as GDP, foreign direct investments and Research and development expenditures. The results indicate that extensive protection of intellectual property rights in the domain of common needs of Group 15 members will provide suitable conditions for increased investment in R & D activities and foreign direct investment, will increase competitiveness power and hence increase the exports, especially high-tech exports. But what is Significant is that the protection of property rights when will effect on the export, directly or through other variables, that the conditions for application of this patent is provided.