‎In a (t,n)-threshold secret sharing scheme‎, ‎a secret s is distributed among n participants such that any group of t or more participants can reconstruct the secret together‎, ‎but no group of fewer than t participants can do‎. In this paper, we propose a verifiable (t,n)-threshold multi-secret sharing scheme based on Shao and Cao‎, ‎and the intractability of the elliptic curve discrete logar...

The nature of big data protection remains an enigma. By ‘big data’, we refer to that are non-copyrightable, non-secret and do not fall into the scope existing intellectual property laws. Assuming such require some sort in order incentivize investment, what form shall take? Contract law, tort unfair competition law or a sui generis law? There is no consensus among different jurisdictions. Some j...

The economic theory of intellectual property rights is based on a rather narrow view of both competition and technological knowledge. We suggest some ways of enriching this framework with a more empirically grounded view of both and, by means of a simulation model, we analyze the impact of different property right regimes on the dynamics of a complex product industry, that is an industry where ...

Twenty-five years after the collapse of the communist regimes, there is a wide diversity among countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union when it comes to the methods they have adopted to confront their communist past, the timing of their transitional justice policies, as well as the progress they have registered to date. Some countries have adopted radical lustration programs bann...

On December 6, 2005, shortly before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, WTO member states agreed to accept a protocol of amendment to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement). This amendment sought to provide a permanent solution to implement paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public ...

Primary objective of this paper is to explain why Korea has been successful in economic growth and industrial transformation while Iran has failed in this area. To explain the different performances of the two countries, we have looked at their initial level of industrialization, nature of political regimes and economic institutions, trade and industrial policies in the two countries. Our c...