Legal Aspects of Transferring Technology via Foreign Investment

Foreign investment contracts are prevalent methods for transfer of technologies. Unless in the case of direct purchasing of foreign technology and its intellectual property rights, developed States have preferred financial and technical investing for excessive profits, economic control and political influence. In other perspective, for developing countries, linking between foreign investments likewise technologies in one contract is exclusive available chance for improvement, which provided to drafting technology transfer mechanisms with consideration to potencies of national economy and a sustainable plan for future of national and international business. In this paper, after analyzing the relationships between investment and technology transfer, limitations and restrictions of technology transfer via investment has discussed, too. Foreign Investment in Context of B.O.T. Contracts and the Iranian Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act.