The book provides insights into the mechanism and evidence on how effective IPR protection will increase economic and social welfare via promoting innovation activities and providing incentives to diffuse knowledge and transfer technologies.

Introduction 1. IPR Protection and Global Value Chains in the Digital Era: With Policy Implications for ASEAN Development 2. IPR Protection for Asian Development: Opportunities and Challenges from Global Value Chains and the Digital Economy - Singapore 3. The Challenges of Digital Economy and Copyright Protection in Indonesia 4. Intellectual Property and Digital Technology in Thailand: Opportunities and Challenges 5. Copyright Protection in Malaysia: Development and Challenges of the Digital Economy 6. Assessing IPR Protection in the Semiconductor and Electronics Industry in the Philippines: Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Value Chain 7. Enforcing IPR to Leverage Viet Nam's Benefits from the GVCs and the Digital Economy 8. Korea's Intellectual Property Protection Strategy and Its Implications for ASEAN 9. Patent Regulatory Framework in ASEAN in the Light of New Generation FTAs: A Comparative Analysis with the Andean Community and the Pacific Alliance